This painting was repaired by Ridolfo del Ghirlandaio, who nailed together its pieces and painted over the fractures after it was busted in an earthquake.
This painting was repaired by Ridolfo del Ghirlandaio, who nailed together its pieces and painted over the fractures after it was busted in an earthquake. Its artist had painted it for the marriage of Sandra di Canigiani to the wool merchant Lorenzo Nasi. The central female looks down and to her right, away from the book which she holds half-open with her left hand; the sparse background features a few small trees growing behind her. Recently placed on display again after a ten-year restoration at the Uffizi, this canvas features two infants playing near ►the lap of that female – she places her right arm around the one in curly hair, St. John, who holds the title creature for the baby Jesus to pet. FTP, name this work by Raphael, depicting the Virgin Mary and a bird.
This painting was repaired by Ridolfo del Ghirlandaio, who nailed together its pieces and painted over the fractures after it was busted in an earthquake.
{Madonna of the Goldfinch} (Madonna del Cardellino)