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GHIRLANDAIO, Domenico: Presentation of the Virgin at the Temple

🖼 Presentation of the Virgin at the Temple, 1486-90
Fresco, width 450 cm
Florence, Italy

Soft light floods the temple as the young Virgin ascends marble steps, surrounded by attendants in rich fabrics rendered with meticulous detail. Ghirlandaio captures this sacred moment with Renaissance precision, blending divine narrative with Florentine civic pride through architectural grandeur and luminous color.

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