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ANGELICO, Fra: Madonna of the Star

🖼 Madonna of the Star, c. 1424
Tempera and gold on panel
84 × 51 cm
Florence, Italy

Radiant gold leaf frames a serene Madonna cradling the Christ Child, rendered in luminous tempera with delicate linear perspective. This altarpiece epitomizes Early Renaissance spirituality, blending Byzantine iconography with emerging humanist tendencies that revolutionized religious art.

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E. H. Gombrich
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