{"id":37649,"date":"2022-07-12T12:42:29","date_gmt":"2022-07-12T10:42:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visitpiacenza.it\/arte-e-cultura\/piacenza-and-the-madonna-sistinas-painting-by-raffaello\/"},"modified":"2025-07-17T17:08:57","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T15:08:57","slug":"piacenza-and-the-madonna-sistina-by-raffaello","status":"publish","type":"arte-e-cultura","link":"https:\/\/visitpiacenza.it\/en\/art-and-culture\/piacenza-and-the-madonna-sistina-by-raffaello\/","title":{"rendered":"Piacenza and the Madonna Sistina by Raphael"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Until 1754 one of the most important masterpieces of the Renaissance was hosted in <a href=\"https:\/\/visitpiacenza.it\/en\/places\/piacenza\/\">Piacenza<\/a>, the <strong>Madonna Sistina<\/strong> painted by Raffaello between 1512 an 1514 for the benedectine monks of the <a href=\"https:\/\/visitpiacenza.it\/en\/art-and-culture\/san-sisto-church\/\">San Sisto church<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Madonna Sistina by Raffaello<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The art piece was painted on canvas not on panel, as Raffaello used to do. It represents the Virgin Mary, Saint Sisto, Saint Barbara and two little cherubs.<\/p>\n<p>In this specific case the figure of Virgin Mary is one of the most impressive ones painted by Raffello. Actually it&#8217;s the unique Virgin Mary which was represented in her full lenght figure, almost her natural size; the cherub on the bottom of the painting are the painting most famous detail. They have recently become a pop culture icon.<\/p>\n<h3>The selling<\/h3>\n<p>In 1754, the monks were forced to sell the painting to Augustus III, King of Poland and Elector of Saxony. They sold it for 12.000 sequins. Nowadays it&#8217;s the\u00a0 masterpiece of the Gem\u00e4ldegalerie Alte Meister\u00a0 in Dresden, where every year many people go to admire it.<\/p>\n<h3>The copy<\/h3>\n<p>Currently in San Sisto church it&#8217;s possible to see a copy of the masterpiece painted in the same year by Avanzini.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Until 1754 one of the most important masterpiece of the Renaissance was hosted in Piacenza, the Madonna Sistina\u2019s painted by Raffaello between 1512 an 1514 for the benedectine monks of the San Sisto church. The art piece was painted on canvas not on panel, how the artist from Urbino was used to do it. It represents Virgin Mary, Sisto Saint, Barbara Saint and two little cherubs. In this specific case the figure of Virgin Mary is one of the most impressive one painted by Raffello. Actually it\u2019s the unique representation of Virgin Mary which was composed in her full lenght figure, almost her natural size; the most famous details are the cherubs on the bottom of the painting, which have recently become a pop culture icon. In 1754, the monks were forced to sell the painting to Augusto III, King of Poland and Elector of Saxony. They solt it for 12.000 sequins; actually the painting is still representing the masterpiece of the Gem\u00e4ldegalerie Alte Meister\u00a0 in Dresden, where every year many people wants to admiring it. Currently in San Sisto church it\u2019s possible to see a copy of the masterpiece painted in the same year by Avanzini.","protected":false},"featured_media":26235,"template":"","territorio":[939],"categorie_arte_e_cultura":[928],"class_list":["post-37649","arte-e-cultura","type-arte-e-cultura","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","territorio-piacenza-en","categorie_arte_e_cultura-curiosities"],"acf":{"contatti_iat":false,"location":{"lat":"45.0567979","lng":"9.6923151","address":"Via San Sisto, 9 Piacenza"},"accessibilita_disabili":"","orario":"","chiusura_settimanale":"","tariffe":"","iat":30186,"localita":33156},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Piacenza and the Madonna Sistina by Raphael - Visit Piacenza<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Madonna Sistina by Raffaello was painted for the benedectin monks in San Sisto Church (Piacenza), it is now in Dresden.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/visitpiacenza.it\/en\/art-and-culture\/piacenza-and-the-madonna-sistina-by-raffaello\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Piacenza and the Madonna Sistina by Raphael - Visit Piacenza\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Madonna Sistina by Raffaello was painted for the benedectin monks in San Sisto Church (Piacenza), it is now in Dresden.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/visitpiacenza.it\/en\/art-and-culture\/piacenza-and-the-madonna-sistina-by-raffaello\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Visit Piacenza\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-07-17T15:08:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/visitpiacenza.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/particolareMad-Sistina.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/visitpiacenza.it\/en\/art-and-culture\/piacenza-and-the-madonna-sistina-by-raffaello\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/visitpiacenza.it\/en\/art-and-culture\/piacenza-and-the-madonna-sistina-by-raffaello\/\",\"name\":\"Piacenza and the Madonna Sistina by Raphael - Visit Piacenza\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/visitpiacenza.it\/en\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/visitpiacenza.it\/en\/art-and-culture\/piacenza-and-the-madonna-sistina-by-raffaello\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/visitpiacenza.it\/en\/art-and-culture\/piacenza-and-the-madonna-sistina-by-raffaello\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/visitpiacenza.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/particolareMad-Sistina.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-07-12T10:42:29+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-07-17T15:08:57+00:00\",\"description\":\"The Madonna Sistina by Raffaello was painted for the benedectin monks in San Sisto Church (Piacenza), it is now in Dresden.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/visitpiacenza.it\/en\/art-and-culture\/piacenza-and-the-madonna-sistina-by-raffaello\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/visitpiacenza.it\/en\/art-and-culture\/piacenza-and-the-madonna-sistina-by-raffaello\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/visitpiacenza.it\/en\/art-and-culture\/piacenza-and-the-madonna-sistina-by-raffaello\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/visitpiacenza.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/particolareMad-Sistina.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/visitpiacenza.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/particolareMad-Sistina.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":800,\"caption\":\"Particolare Sistina, ph. 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