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PERUGINO, Pietro: Madonna with Child and the Infant St John

🖼 Madonna with Child and the Infant St John, 1505-10
Oil on wood
67 × 44 cm
London, United Kingdom

Soft brushwork renders the Madonna and two infants in luminous harmony, their delicate features set against a serene landscape. Perugino's gentle composition epitomizes Early Renaissance ideals of grace and devotion, influencing Raphael and establishing the blueprint for countless Madonna panels.

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E. H. Gombrich
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