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The
Madonna del cardellino
(
Madonna of the Goldfinch
) is an oil-on-panel painting by the
Italian Renaissance
artist
Raphael
, created around 1505–1506. It depicts the
Virgin Mary
, the
Christ Child
, and the young
John the Baptist
, holding a
goldfinch
in his hand, which Christ is reaching out to touch. A ten-year restoration of the painting was completed in 2008, and the work is now in the collection of the
Uffizi
in
Florence
.
Painting credit:
Raphael
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