The Small Cowper Madonna

Raphael

c. 1505 · Oil on panel · National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC

Size2:3 ratio

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$59Unframed print · made to order

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The Small Cowper Madonna

Madonna of the Meadow

The Sistine Madonna

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About this work

Artist: Raphael (1483–1520)
Year: c. 1505
Medium: Oil on panel
Original size: 59.5 × 44 cm
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Movement: Renaissance

The Virgin, in a red dress with a blue mantle over her knees, is seated in a green countryside holding the Christ Child, who wraps an arm around her neck and turns to look out; on a hill at the right stands a domed church. Raphael painted the small panel in about 1505, probably in Urbino and for a private patron, since no record of the commission survives. The church is widely identified as San Bernardino outside Urbino, burial place of the city's dukes, which has led scholars to suggest a member of the ducal family ordered it for private devotion. The name comes from George Clavering-Cowper, 3rd Earl Cowper, who bought it around 1780, and distinguishes it from the larger Cowper Madonna, also in Washington. Six generations of Cowpers kept it until 1913; the Philadelphia collector Peter A. B. Widener bought it the next year, and his son Joseph gave it to the National Gallery of Art in 1942.

This exhibition-poster edition shows the whole work beneath original typography set in-house. The original is in the public domain.

Where it works

The Virgin in red and blue holding the Child before a green hill and a small domed church, gentle and bright, for a bedroom, landing or living room at 16×24 in natural wood. A pale blue, cream or soft green wall; it pairs with The Sistine Madonna.

Style, size & framing detail

Style: Exhibition poster of a Renaissance painting
Era: 16th century (c. 1505)
Orientation: Portrait
Palette: cream & beige
Mood: grand
Rooms: living room, bedroom, hallway or entryway, dining room
Good gift for: housewarming, art lovers

Size. We'd hang this one at 16×24. Prints at 12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in — 12×18 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 16×24 above a desk, console or in a hallway; 24×36 as the statement piece above a sofa or bed.

Framing. Exhibition posters sit best in a slim black frame with no mat — the typeset margin is the mat.

Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other famous painting prints (10% off three or more).

Details & materials

• Exhibition poster — original, drawn in-house • Heavyweight matte fine-art paper, giclée printed at 300 DPI • Sizes: 12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in; every size also available framed • Framed option: wood frame in black or natural wood, 12 mm wide and 22 mm deep, with a plexiglass front and no mat; the print is mounted inside and the frame's outside measures the listed size • Made to order; colours may vary slightly from screen

Shipping & returns

Printed after you order at the facility nearest you, then shipped. Standard delivery is free and takes 4–9 business days from order to door in the US, UK and EU (up to 10 elsewhere); Express takes 4–6 business days. Because each print is made to order we don't take change-of-mind returns, but if it arrives damaged or flawed we'll reprint or refund it — no return needed. Full policy →

Is this the whole painting, or a crop?

The whole work, uncropped. The exhibition-poster edition sets the complete image above typography designed in-house.

Is The Small Cowper Madonna in the public domain?

Yes. Raphael (1483–1520) died more than 70 years ago and the work was published before 1929, so the painting itself is public domain. This print is a reproduction made from a high-resolution scan of the original, which is held by National Gallery of Art.

What is it printed on?

Heavyweight matte fine-art paper with pigment inks, made to order in 12×18, 16×24 and 24×36 inches; every size is also offered framed in black or natural wood, with plexiglass and no mat. Colours are matched to the scan, not brightened.

When was The Small Cowper Madonna painted, and in what medium?

The Small Cowper Madonna dates from c. 1505 and was made in oil on panel; the original measures 59.5 × 44 cm.

What size works above a sofa or bed?

Across a three-seat sofa or a queen bed, 24×36 is the size that reads as one statement piece; 16×24 suits a narrower wall or a pair. For The Small Cowper Madonna we'd choose 16×24.

About this design

A museum-exhibition poster of Raphael's The Small Cowper Madonna — the Small Cowper Madonna — the Virgin holding the Christ Child, who embraces her, in a soft Umbrian landscape — shown whole and uncropped beneath gallery typography. Raphael: Grace and Harmony, styled as a blockbuster exhibition print. A gallery-style exhibition poster: a celebrated public-domain artwork shown whole and uncropped beneath original exhibition typography set in-house — printed to order on heavyweight matte fine-art paper. Every size is offered unframed or framed in black or natural wood. Part of the Madten Exhibition Posters Collection. — — — Printed to order and shipped by our production partner, Gelato.

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