The Virgin Mary

A photograph of a cartoon fragment formerly attributed to Raphael which was listed by Ruland (1876) as being then in the Uffizi, Florence. The photographed fragment has been previously associated with the 'Madonna of Monteluce', a painting completed by Giulio Romano and Giovanni Francesco Penni in 1525 partially after designs by Raphael, to whom the commission was originally entrusted in 1503. A photograph of the painting at RCIN 851401.