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GHIRLANDAIO, Domenico: Madonna and Child

🖼 Madonna and Child, 1470-75
Tempera on panel
71 × 49 cm
Washington, United States

Tender intimacy suffuses this composition: the Madonna gazes downward while cradling the Christ Child in soft, luminous oil paint. Ghirlandaio's meticulous rendering exemplifies Florentine Renaissance devotion, blending spiritual reverence with intimate humanity through exquisite detail and warmth.

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