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CORREGGIO: Madonna della Scodella

CORREGGIO
🖼 Madonna della Scodella, 1525-30
Oil on canvas
216.7 × 137.3 cm
Parma, Italy

Soft light envelops the Virgin cradling Christ while Saint Joseph tends a bowl, their intimacy rendered through luminous sfumato and tender gesture. This domestic scene revolutionized religious imagery by elevating everyday maternal moments to spiritual significance, influencing Baroque devotional art across Europe.

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E. H. Gombrich
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