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BELLINI, Giovanni: Madonna with the Child

🖼 Madonna with the Child, 1460-64
Oil on canvas transferred from wood
52 × 43 cm
Venice, Italy

Soft golden light bathes the Madonna and Child in tender intimacy, rendered with Bellini's characteristic luminous glazes and delicate modeling. This devotional image epitomizes Venetian Renaissance spirituality, establishing the iconic Madonna-and-Child format that influenced generations of Italian painters.

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