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

🖼 Madonna with Child and the Infant St John, 1497
Oil on wood
73 × 52 cm
Frankfurt, Germany

Soft golden light bathes three figures—Madonna, Christ Child, and young St. John—arranged in harmonious pyramid composition with delicate Renaissance restraint. Perugino's tender intimacy and balanced formality established the devotional template for countless Quattrocento workshops across Italy.

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E. H. Gombrich
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