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

🖼 Virgin and Child with Young St John the Baptist, 1470-75
Wood
90 × 67 cm
Paris, France

Soft brushwork renders the Virgin's tender gaze toward her Child, while young John kneels in reverent devotion, bathed in ethereal light. Botticelli's intimate composition exemplifies Florentine Renaissance spirituality, blending divine grace with deeply human affection and psychological depth.

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E. H. Gombrich
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