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BOTTICELLI, Sandro: Madonna of the Magnificat

🖼 Madonna of the Magnificat, c. 1483
Tempera on panel, diameter 118 cm
Florence, Italy

Circular composition radiates outward as Madonna writes the Magnificat surrounded by attending angels, rendered in tempera with luminous gold and jewel tones. Botticelli elevates a private devotional moment into cosmic significance, merging Renaissance humanism with divine grace through intimate, graceful figuration.

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