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RUBENS, Peter Paul: Madonna Enthroned with Child and Saints

🖼 Madonna Enthroned with Child and Saints, c. 1628
Oil on canvas
564 × 408 cm
Antwerp, Belgium

Luminous figures radiate from a golden throne, where Madonna cradles Christ amid swirling Baroque drapery and attending saints rendered in Rubens' characteristic voluptuous forms. This altarpiece epitomizes Counter-Reformation devotion, combining Flemish tradition with Italian grandeur to inspire spiritual reverence in the faithful.

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