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VERONESE, Paolo: Madonna Enthroned with Child, St John the Baptist, St Louis of Toulouse and Donors

🖼 Madonna Enthroned with Child, St John the Baptist, St Louis of Toulouse and Donors, 1546-48
Oil on canvas
223 × 172 cm
Verona, Italy

Rich gold leaf and vibrant pigments frame the enthroned Madonna and Child, flanked by saints and kneeling donors in hierarchical arrangement. Veronese's composition exemplifies Venetian Renaissance splendor, merging spiritual devotion with aristocratic patronage through sumptuous color and balanced spatial design.

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