Raphael's Niccolini-Cowper Madonna shows the Virgin Mary seated against a deep blue background, holding the Christ child. The child turns toward her and reaches toward her bodice. The painting is a High Renaissance Madonna and Child, dated 1508, and it belongs to the Mellon Collection at the National Gallery of Art in Washington. Andrew Mellon's founding gift to the museum brought the picture to Washington, where it remains part of the collection.
White border; handwritten identification in blue ink on front: 'The Niccolini-Cowper Madonna / Raphael / (1483-1520)'.
No postmark, address, or message — unused card. Divided-back with printed National Gallery of Art imprint; pencil dealer marks "#59" and "1-" at lower right; light surface soiling and a small stain left of center. Color reproduction of a Renaissance painting, mid-20th-century art-reproduction card.
Cite this card
Niccolini-Cowper Madonna by Raphael, Washington, DC, circa 1941, postcard, c. 1941. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/niccolini-cowper-madonna-by-raphael-washington-dc-circa-1941. Accessed November 2, 2026.
