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BOTTICELLI, Sandro: Virgin and Child with St John the Baptist and an Angel

🖼 Virgin and Child with St John the Baptist and an Angel, 1490s
Tempera on panel, diameter 83 cm

Soft golden light bathes the Virgin and Child in intimate reverence, while St. John and an angel frame them in delicate Renaissance balance. Botticelli's lyrical composition epitomizes Florentine spirituality, blending Byzantine tradition with humanistic grace to create devotional poetry.

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E. H. Gombrich
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