Partisan Madonna of Minsk

{{Short description|1978 painting by Mikhail Savitsky}}

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Partisan Madonna of Minsk ({{langx|be|"Партызанская Мадонна Мінская"}}) is a painting by Belarusian artist Mikhail Savitsky, completed in 1978 and preceded by similar painting, Partisan Madonna from 1967. The painting is based on the Sistine Madonna by Raphael Sanzio{{cite web| url =http://www.artmuseum.by/ru/vyst/50-shedevrov-naczionalnogo-xudozhestvennogo-muzeya/m.saviczkij-%C2%ABpartizanskaya-madonna-minskaya%C2%BB| title =М.Савицкий "Партизанская Мадонна Минская"| publisher =Belarusian National Arts Museum| language =Russian| accessdate =10 Dec 2015| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20160304230948/http://www.artmuseum.by/ru/vyst/50-shedevrov-naczionalnogo-xudozhestvennogo-muzeya/m.saviczkij-%C2%ABpartizanskaya-madonna-minskaya%C2%BB| archive-date =4 March 2016| url-status =dead}} and reflects the motherhood and milieu of Soviet partisans during World War II. The painting is regarded by art critics as one of the best Belarusian paintings of the 20th century.{{cite web | url =http://artbelarus.by/ru/news/247.html|title=10 самых впечатляющих экспонатов|publisher=Artbelarus.by| language=Russian| accessdate =10 Dec 2015}} Partisan Madonna of Minsk is housed in the Belarusian National Arts Museum in Minsk.