| Madonna with Beardless Saint Joseph | |
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| Artist | Raphael |
| Year | c. 1506 |
| Type | Tempera on canvas (transferred from panel) |
| Dimensions | 72.5 cm × 56.5 cm (28.5 in × 22.2 in) |
| Location | Hermitage Museum,Saint Petersburg |
TheMadonna with Beardless Saint Joseph is an early painting byRaphael, executedc. 1506, now at theHermitage Museum. It depictsSaint Joseph, theVirgin Mary, and theChrist Child.[1]
It is usually thought to be one of the smallMadonnas painted by Raphael forGuidobaldo da Montefeltro during his one of his brief stays in Urbino between 1505 and 1506, and whichGiorgio Vasari saw in that city.[2] The earliest definitive mention of the Hermitage work dates to the 18th century, when it was probably in theDuke of Angoulême's collection in Paris.[3] From there it passed into the collection ofPierre Crozat, which was bought almost in its entirety byCatherine II of Russia in 1772, forming the core of the future Hermitage Museum.[4]
The work was restored early in the 19th century, leadingAlexander Pushkin to write the poemRenaissance and to refer to the work in hisMozart and Salieri, having his version of Salieri state "I don't find it funny when the painter is useless / It stains Raphael'sMadonna for me".[5]
TheNational Gallery applied for the work to be loaned to its 2020 exhibition marking the 500th anniversary of the artist's death, but this was delayed by theCOVID-19 pandemic until 2022, and permission for its loan was withdrawn following theRussian invasion of Ukraine that year.[6]
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