6 April 2020 marks 500 years since the death of one of the greatest artists of the Renaissance. On the eve of events which will be held next year, the Berlin art gallery opens the exhibition the Madonnas of Raphael Santi

the Exhibition, dubbed "Rafael in Berlin. Madonna of the Berlin art gallery" will be open from 13 December 2019 to 24 April 2020.

for the First time in the history of the Museum in one room will be collected from five of the Madonnas painted by the artist, including works from the collection of the gallery, graphic sketches from the Berlin print Cabinet, the largest graphic collections in Germany, as well as the "guest from Britain" — "Madonna of the carnation" from the National gallery of London, which first leave the walls of his Museum, after he got there for the permanent collection (earlier, from 1858 to 2004, the painting was in the collection of the Duke of Northumberland).

the Center of the exposition is the Tondo of the Madonna Terranuova, which were first seen on one wall with the preparatory drawings for this work.

the Material was prepared by Maria Kuznetsova, AI

Source: of smb.museum, citynews1130.com