
Cutting the Stone
1494 · El Prado, Madrid
A quack in a funnel hat cuts the stone of madness out of a man's head, and what comes out is a flower.
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A quack in a funnel hat cuts the stone of madness out of a man's head, and what comes out is a flower.

Perugino taught Raphael, and the poise, the airy arcade and the soft Umbrian valley here pass almost unchanged into the pupil's work.