Madonna of the Baldacchino

The Madonna of the Baldacchino is a c.1506-1508 oil on canvas holy conversation-style painting by Raphael, now in the Galleria Palatina in Florence.

[1] It was Raphael's first major commission in Florence, produced for the cappella Dei in Santo Spirito.

It remained incomplete on the artist's return to Rome in 1508 after being summoned by pope Julius II.

It was a popular model for artists such as Andrea del Sarto, Fra' Bartolomeo and Lorenzo Lotto in the 1510s, although another altarpiece was commissioned from Rosso Fiorentino for the chapel.

[2] In Pescia Cathedral by the mid 16th century, Raphael's work was acquired by prince Ferdinando de' Medici in 1697.