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GIORGIONE: Madonna and Child Enthroned between St Francis and St Liberalis

GIORGIONE
🖼 Madonna and Child Enthroned between St Francis and St Liberalis, c. 1505
Oil on panel
200 × 152 cm
Castelfranco Veneto, Italy

Soft golden light bathes the enthroned Madonna and Child, flanked by St Francis and St Liberalis in luminous oil glazes. This altarpiece pioneered Giorgione's poetic approach to religious narrative, blending Venetian color with intimate spiritual contemplation, influencing Renaissance devotional art.

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E. H. Gombrich
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