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The Grand Duke's Madonna, oil painting by Raphael, 1505; in the Pitti Palace, Florence.
The Sistine Madonna, painted by Raphael, was originally installed in the Benedictine convent church of San Sixto in Piacenza. It was subsequently sold to Augustus III, the elector of Saxony, which resulted in the painting being moved to Dresden.1