Three artists, Raffaellino del Garbo, Raffaelle Carli and Raffaelle dei Capponi, are recorded with much confusion. It seems likely that they are identical. Various works by or attributed to the three personages are now often accepted as forming a unified group, which is here ascribed to Raffaellino del Garbo.
Raffaellino del Garbo
living 1479?; died 1527?
Paintings by Raffaellino del Garbo
A bright orange curtain is drawn back to reveal a young man standing at a window. He rests the fingers of his right hand on the windowsill, and seems to fasten the stole over his black cloak with his left hand. His head is turned to the side, gazing at something or someone outside the depicted sp...
The Virgin Mary is seated on a stone bench under a richly jewelled canopy, the infant Christ on her lap. He leans over to the left, his hand raised in a gesture of blessing, and faces a female saint. The jar she holds identifies her as Mary Magdalene: it contains the ointment with which she would...
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Workshop of Raffaellino del Garbo
The Virgin Mary stands barefoot on a narrow patch of grass, dangerously close to the edge of a rocky slope, with an angel on either side. As our gaze moves upwards, we are calmed by the Christ Child sleeping peacefully in his mother’s arms.Circular paintings, known as tondi, were hugely popular i...
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