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GHIRLANDAIO, Domenico: Adoration of the Child

🖼 Adoration of the Child, -
Tempera on wood, diameter 90 cm
Milan, Italy

Soft golden light bathes the Virgin and Child in an intimate Renaissance scene, rendered with jewel-like detail and architectural precision. Ghirlandaio's composition exemplifies Florentine humanism, merging spiritual reverence with domestic tenderness—influencing northern European artists for generations.

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