For a few months, the Barberini Palace's walls will be adorned with \u201cThe Esterhazy Madonna,\u201d a work painted by Raphael in 1508, when the artist was only 25 years old. <\/p>\n
It's one of the key Renaissance paintings and marks Raphael's transition from Florence to Rome, where he was commissioned to decorate the papal residence. <\/p>\n
CINZIA AMMANNATO Raphael conveyed a sense of intimate everyday life through the sweetness of the Esterhazy Madonna. <\/p>\n Her gesture contrasts with the magnificent scenery of the Tuscan countryside, in which Raphael included Roman ruins as a symbol of his renewed artistic life. <\/p>\n CINZIA AMMANNATO The work has its story. Pope Clement XI presented it as a gift to Empress Elisabeth of Brunswick after her conversion to Catholicism. <\/p>\n Years later, the Habsburg gave the painting to the Esterhazy family, who were prestigious patrons. In the 19th century, their successors donated the work to the Hungarian State. <\/p>\n Now, it will be displayed in Rome until April 8. <\/p>\n FLAMINIA GENNARI SANTORI The painting was stolen in 1983 and found a few weeks later in a Greek monastery. Now it returns to Rome, the city where it was completed. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" February 25, 2018. The National Museum of Fine Arts in Budapest is exceptionally lending it to Rome for an historic exhibition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":23852,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[187],"tags":[],"acf":{"video":"https:\/\/youtu.be\/rdrTgcLHzuk","video_descarga":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bmadonnaestrhazyeng.mp4","international_url":"http:\/\/attuale.romereports.com\/news\/bmadonnaestrhazyint.mp4","type":"none","newsletter":"si"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49638"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49638"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49638\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.romereports.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nExhbition commissioner<\/strong>
\n\u201cThis painting's influence on Roman ambience could be felt in Raphael's subsequent works in the Pontifical Household.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n
\nExhbition commissioner<\/strong>
\n\u201cRoman heritage is expressed in the background through Roman relics. The Temple of Vespasian and the Torre dei Conti in the Roman Forum are seen clearly.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n
\nDirector, National Gallery of Ancient Art in Rome<\/strong>
\n\u201cThis work has rarely been shown in Italy. It's a special loan we've received from the National Museum in Budapest. It's part of an exchange agreement \u2013 we'll lend them other important works.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n