abstract:Sistine Madonna, also called La Madonna di San Sisto, is an oil painting by the Italian artist Raphael. Commissioned in 1512 by Pope Julius II as an altarpiece for the church of San Sisto, Piacenza, it was one of the last Madonnas painted by the artist.
Thepainting "SistineMadonna" isahigherstarting point in shaping the imageofasaviorofmankind: shedeterminedtosacrificetheir ownchildren, tosave the sufferingof the world.