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BOTTICELLI, Sandro: Madonna and Child and the Young St John the Baptist

🖼 Madonna and Child and the Young St John the Baptist, 1490-95
Tempera on canvas
134 × 92 cm
Florence, Italy

Soft brushwork renders three figures—Madonna, Christ Child, and young John—in tender intimacy against a luminous landscape. Botticelli's delicate composition epitomizes Early Renaissance devotion, blending spiritual grace with naturalistic detail that influenced Florentine religious art for generations.

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