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CORREGGIO: The Adoration of the Child

CORREGGIO
🖼 The Adoration of the Child, 1518-20
Oil on canvas
81 × 67 cm
Florence, Italy

Soft golden light bathes the Virgin and Child in intimate tenderness, with attendant figures rendered in warm, glowing brushwork. Correggio's revolutionary use of chiaroscuro and emotional warmth redefined Renaissance devotional imagery, influencing Baroque painting's spiritual intensity.

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E. H. Gombrich
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