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GOZZOLI, Benozzo: Sinopia for the Virgin of the Annunciation

🖼 Sinopia for the Virgin of the Annunciation, 1469-84
Fresco
Pisa, Italy

Delicate underdrawing reveals the Virgin's contemplative pose, rendered in swift, confident strokes beneath fresco preparation. This sinopia exposes Gozzoli's compositional thinking, showing Renaissance artists' working methods and the spiritual intensity captured before final paint layers.

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