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CARRACCI, Annibale: Madonna Enthroned with St Matthew

🖼 Madonna Enthroned with St Matthew, 1588
Oil on canvas
384 × 255 cm
Dresden, Germany

Golden light bathes the enthroned Madonna and Child, surrounded by saints in rich jewel tones and luminous flesh tones rendered with baroque warmth. Carracci's composition synthesizes Venetian color with Roman grandeur, establishing the visual language that defined Counter-Reformation sacred art across Italy.

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