fine shading rather than harsh lines. The Madonnas painted by Raphael in his Florentine period were influenced by Leonardo’s 1503 work “The Virgin and St. Anne,” which depicts a lamb held by ...

Raphael painted the ‘Marriage of the Virgin’ while he was still an apprentice to Pietro Perugino. The piece is nearly identical to a piece Perugino had done prior. ‘The Sistine Madonna ...