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GHIRLANDAIO, Domenico: Madonna in Glory with Saints

🖼 Madonna in Glory with Saints, 1490-96
Tempera on wood
221 × 198 cm
Munich, Germany

Radiating gold leaf and celestial light, the Madonna floats centrally surrounded by adoring saints in layered composition. Ghirlandaio's masterwork exemplifies Florentine Renaissance devotion, blending Byzantine tradition with humanistic detail and establishing the altarpiece format for generations.

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E. H. Gombrich
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