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MANTEGNA, Andrea: Trivulzio Madonna

🖼 Trivulzio Madonna, 1494-97
Tempera on canvas
287 × 214 cm
Turin, Italy

Soft golden light bathes the Virgin and Child in delicate tempera, their forms rendered with crystalline precision and geometric clarity. Mantegna's masterwork exemplifies Northern Italian Renaissance refinement, merging Flemish detail with classical proportion to create an icon of spiritual intimacy and humanistic devotion.

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