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The 'Madonna della Sedia' by Raphael, a tondo (circular painting) painted in Rome around 1513/1514, is one of the most copied works of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The National Trust have at least 15 painted copies in various media in their care alone. The original, once in the Uffizi, seized during the Napoleonic Wars and in Paris between 1799–1815, is now in the Palazzo Pitti, Florence. As legend has it, it was painted on the bottom of a barrel and has gained its title because the Virgin sits in a chair. The Virgin is shown as a contemporary Italian woman, wearing a gypsy scarf and a green embroidered shawl over her blue dress, tenderly embracing the Christ child and looking directly at us whilst John the Baptist stands behind.
This copy by Prince Hoare, Willam Hoare's son and no relation to the owner, was painted on a trip to Italy.
Title
Madonna della sedia
Date
1776–1779
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 70 x W 70 cm
Accession number
732245
Acquisition method
gift from Sir Henry Hugh Arthur Hoare along with the estate, house and its contents, 1946
Work type
Painting
National Trust, Stourhead
Stourton, Warminster, Wiltshire BA12 6QD England
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William Hoare of Bath (1706–1792), RA National Trust, Stourhead -
Sir Henry Hugh Hoare (1762–1841), 3rd Bt National Trust, Stourhead -
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