Although the “Taddei Tondo”, as it’s called (after ... a pen-and-ink study of the Virgin and Child by Raphael – who arrived in Florence around 1504 – replicates part of this design ...

Raphael, a friend of Taddeo Taddei, was inspired by the Taddei Tondo ... for projects intended to adorn the Palazzo Vecchio. Florence’s government commissioned Leonardo to paint a mural ...

Colloquially known as the Taddei Tondo, after the cloth merchant who commissioned it, the relief was made when Michelangelo was living in Florence. The piece is unfinished, likely due to the fact ...

Raphael, a friend of Taddeo Taddei, was inspired by the Taddei Tondo ... “Michelangelo, Leonardo, Raphael: Florence, c. 1504” is on view at the Royal Academy of Arts in London through February ...