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ANGELICO, Fra: Bosco ai Frati Altarpiece

🖼 Bosco ai Frati Altarpiece, c. 1450
Tempera and gold on panel (predella)
174 × 173 cm
Florence, Italy

Glowing gold leaf and tempera create a hierarchical sacred space where the Virgin and Child reign centrally, surrounded by saints in jewel-toned robes. This altarpiece exemplifies Early Renaissance devotional painting, blending Byzantine tradition with emerging linear perspective to inspire spiritual contemplation.

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E. H. Gombrich
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