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BELLINI, Giovanni: Madonna and Child

🖼 Madonna and Child, 1460-64
Tempera on panel
78 × 54 cm
Milan, Italy

Soft gold light bathes tender figures rendered in luminous tempera, Mary's gentle gaze meeting the Christ Child's solemn stare. Bellini's intimate devotional image pioneered the Italian Renaissance Madonna type, influencing generations through its psychological depth and spiritual warmth.

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E. H. Gombrich
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