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38: 144:, but scholars have since discarded that idea. There is no clear consensus on its authorship. It is said to possibly have been the work of a student of Raphael, and that he "may have designed it or supervised its execution", or that it "may have been the result of a collaboration, a practice that Raphael was known for throughout his career." 127:
The Madonna is wearing a red blouse and a dark blue skirt. She and the infant are both fair skinned with light red-orange hair. Behind them is a green landscape receding to blue mountains under a blue sky. A brown structure is on the right side of the landscape.
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in Washington, D.C. The exhibition's intent was to attempt to identify the artist who painted the Northbrook Madonna, as well as to "explore Raphael's masterful interpretation and the spread of his early style among followers in Central Italy".
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In October 2019, another previously unknown painting that particularly closely resembles the Northbrook Madonna was offered for auction by
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and was expected to sell for €300,000–400,000 ($ US 340,000–450,000), ultimately selling instead for $ US 2,000,000 (€1,657,190).
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in England, is a painting from the early 16th century (around 1505) by an unknown artist possibly identified as
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in England. The painting was donated to the Worcester Art Museum in 1940. At the time it was attributed to
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As of 2021, the museum says the painter of the Northbrook Madonna was possibly
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107 cm × 77 cm (42 in × 30 in)
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The painting takes its name from having been in the
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Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, Massachusetts, U.S.
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Domenico Alfani
Northbrook Collection
Domenico Alfani
Worcester Art Museum
Worcester, Massachusetts
Raphael
Northbrook Collection
Raphael
Small Cowper Madonna
National Gallery of Art
Dorotheum
Domenico Alfani
Umbria
Pietro Perugino



"The Virgin and Child (Northbrook Madonna)"
"Masterpiece mystery: Raphael and imitator pose a whodunit at Worcester Art Museum"
The MetroWest Daily News



"Raphael: The Cowper Madonna"


"Is this a Raphael? Madonna and Child painting to be auctioned at Dorotheum in Vienna"
The Art Newspaper
"Worcester Art Museum hopes to shed light on Raphael Madonna mystery"

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