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BOTTICELLI, Sandro: Madonna and Child with Eight Angels

🖼 Madonna and Child with Eight Angels, c. 1478
Tempera on panel, diameter 135 cm
Berlin, Germany

Golden light haloes the Virgin and Christ Child, surrounded by eight angels in delicate tempera. Their ethereal, graceful forms display Botticelli's mastery of line and spiritual intimacy, establishing his signature style during the Florentine Renaissance.

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E. H. Gombrich
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