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PERUGINO, Pietro: Marriage of the Virgin

🖼 Marriage of the Virgin, 1500-04
Oil on wood
234 × 185 cm
Caen, France

Soft light bathes a symmetrical Renaissance temple where Mary and Joseph exchange rings, surrounded by attending figures in graceful poses. Perugino's harmonious composition and idealized forms epitomize early Renaissance spirituality, influencing Raphael and establishing the visual language for this sacred narrative.

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E. H. Gombrich
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