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BELLINI, Giovanni: Madonna and Child

🖼 Madonna and Child, c. 1475
Tempera on poplar panel
76 × 53 cm
Berlin, Germany

Soft, luminous flesh tones and gold leaf create an intimate scene of mother and child in tempera. Bellini's serene Madonna established the devotional image type that dominated Venetian Renaissance painting for generations.

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