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DONATELLO: Virgin and Child

DONATELLO
🖼 Virgin and Child, 1420s
Polychrome terracotta
90 × 64 cm
Florence, Italy

Tender intimacy radiates from marble as mother and child exchange glances, rendered with revolutionary naturalism and psychological depth. Donatello's relief pioneered Renaissance humanism by depicting sacred figures as emotionally present beings rather than distant icons.

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