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DONATELLO: Chellini Madonna (recto)

DONATELLO
🖼 Chellini Madonna (recto), before 1456
Bronze, diameter 28,5 cm
London, United Kingdom

Tender relief carving depicts Madonna cradling Christ Child in softly modeled marble, their intimacy heightened by delicate surface detail and shallow depth. Donatello's maternal devotion revolutionized Renaissance sculpture, transforming religious imagery through psychological warmth and humanistic emotion rather than formal grandeur.

The story of art
The story of art
E. H. Gombrich
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