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The Madonna of the Candelabra is a Madonna painting by the Italian renaissance artist Raphael dating to about 1513 and is in the collection of the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore. Painted during his Roman period this tondo Madonna of the Virgin and Child employs a rare motif of flanking candelabra that was derived from representations of ancient Roman emperors. Through this reference to the rulers of antiquity Raphael alludes to Christ’s and Mary’s roles as the king and queen of Heaven.
