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ANGELICO, Fra: Virgin and Child Enthroned with Twelve Angels

🖼 Virgin and Child Enthroned with Twelve Angels, c. 1430
Tempera on panel
37 × 28 cm
Frankfurt, Germany

Golden light radiates from the enthroned Virgin and Child, surrounded by twelve angels in precise geometric arrangement. Fra Angelico's luminous palette and hierarchical composition define early Renaissance devotional painting, establishing a template for religious altarpieces throughout 15th-century Italy.

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E. H. Gombrich
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