About the Sistine Madonna The first fact to know is that the proper art-historical title of the painting is The Madonna Standing on Clouds with SS. Sixtus and Barbara. This is one of those titles that begs for reduction however, so everyone calls it the Sistine Madonna. In this case there is quite a back-story regarding the model. We believe that Margherita was Raphael's mistress for the last twelve years of his life. | Mirjana Sandor приколол(а) это к доске Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio da U…
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