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PERUGINO, Pietro: The Madonna between St John the Baptist and St Sebastian

🖼 The Madonna between St John the Baptist and St Sebastian, 1493
Egg tempera and oil on panel
178 × 164 cm
Florence, Italy

Soft brushwork renders the Madonna in serene stillness, flanked by St John and St Sebastian in balanced symmetry. Perugino's delicate figures exemplify Early Renaissance grace, establishing the compositional blueprint that influenced Central Italian painting for generations.

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E. H. Gombrich
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