HERMITAGE, Raphael Room 229
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In this room, you will find two masterpieces by Raphael: Conestabile Madonna and Madonna with Beardless St. Joseph.
Press pause and approach the Conestabile Madonna.
Yes, that’s the one: a small round painting, just 18 cm. in diameter, preserved in its beautiful original frame.
The painting, which dates to around 1504, takes its name from the Conestabile family of Perugia, from which Tsar Alexander II of Russia purchased it in 1869 as a gift for his wife, Marie Alexandrovna. After the tsarina’s death in 1880, the work was put on display in the Hermitage Museum....