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DONATELLO: Madonna and Child

DONATELLO
🖼 Madonna and Child, c. 1440
Polychrome terracotta
102 × 74 cm
Paris, France

Tender marble relief captures mother and child in intimate embrace, their forms softly modeled with delicate detail. Donatello revolutionized Renaissance sculpture by infusing classical technique with profound emotional warmth, establishing the devotional Madonna as a deeply human figure rather than distant icon.

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E. H. Gombrich
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