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BOTTICELLI, Sandro: Madonna of the Pomegranate (Madonna della Melagrana)

🖼 Madonna of the Pomegranate (Madonna della Melagrana), c. 1487
Tempera on panel, diameter 143,5 cm
Florence, Italy

Golden light envelops the Madonna and Child in a circular composition, surrounded by five angels holding pomegranates and roses in tempera on panel. Botticelli synthesizes Neoplatonic philosophy with Christian devotion, where the pomegranate symbolizes Christ's Passion and the painting's perfect symmetry reflects divine harmony.

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