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ANGELICO, Fra: Madonna and Child

🖼 Madonna and Child, c. 1433
Poplar
70 × 51 cm
Berlin, Germany

Soft gold leaf and tempera render the Virgin gazing tenderly at Christ Child, their figures centered in luminous intimacy against a dark ground. This devotional image exemplifies early Renaissance spirituality, blending Byzantine tradition with emerging humanistic warmth that revolutionized religious art's emotional accessibility.

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E. H. Gombrich
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