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CORREGGIO: Madonna with St George

CORREGGIO
🖼 Madonna with St George, 1530-32
Oil on canvas
285 × 190 cm
Dresden, Germany

Soft light envelops the Virgin and Child as Saint George kneels in reverent devotion, his armor gleaming against warm, harmonious tones. Correggio's intimate composition and luminous technique established a new tenderness in Italian Renaissance religious imagery, influencing Baroque spirituality.

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E. H. Gombrich
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