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ANGELICO, Fra: Madonna and Child

🖼 Madonna and Child, 1435
Detached frescox 2 cm
116 × 75 cm
Fiesole, Italy

Tender intimacy emerges through soft brushwork as Madonna gazes downward at the Christ Child, rendered in luminous gold leaf against deep blue. Fra Angelico's devotional panel epitomizes Early Renaissance spirituality, blending Florentine naturalism with Byzantine reverence to create an iconic image of divine maternal love.

The story of art
The story of art
E. H. Gombrich
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