Sistine Madonna by Raphael, 1512
This was made for a church altar rather than a gallery. According to what I found, Pope Julius II was the one who commissioned it — about as prestigious a job as a painter could land back then.
Erisava: Those two kids at the bottom look like they'd rather be anywhere else. What's your take?
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Neither of them is even looking up at the baby, which seems like the one thing they're there for.