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PERUGINO, Pietro: The Family of the Madonna

🖼 The Family of the Madonna, 1500-02
Oil on wood
296 × 259 cm
Marseille, France

Tender figures gather in harmonious arrangement—Mary cradles Christ while Joseph and saints occupy balanced positions rendered in soft, luminous tempera. Perugino's idealized composition epitomizes Early Renaissance spirituality, influencing countless devotional works through its serene geometry and gentle humanity.

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