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ANGELICO, Fra: Virgin and Child

🖼 Virgin and Child, c. 1435
Detached sinopia
116 × 76 cm
Fiesole, Italy

Soft gold leaf and tempera create a serene Madonna cradling the Christ Child, their figures delicately modeled against a luminous background. Fra Angelico's devotional work exemplifies Early Renaissance spirituality, blending Gothic refinement with emerging humanistic tenderness toward sacred subjects.

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