\paperw19995 \margr0\margl0 \plain \fs20 \f1 This painting was commissioned by Sigismondo deÆ Conti, whose house at Foligno had miraculously survived being struck by lig
htning. The representation of the Umbrian city in the background of the composition is a reference to the incident. As a work from RaphaelÆs later period, the Foligno Madonna is distinguished by the atmospheric quality that links the figures to their sur