European

Salvador Dali

Spain 1904-1989
The Mystical Rose Madonna OP 355

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Dali's representation of the Virgin pays homage to the many images of the Virgin painted by Italian Renaissance master Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio). Dali sets his Madonna in a traditional Florentine setting with the guardian angel of Florence and a small child adoring the Virgin in the background. In a litany to the Virgin, one of the titles given her is "The Mystical Rose," an image of mystical rather than physical beauty.

 

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