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QUERCIA, Jacopo della: Trenta Altar: Virgin and Child

🖼 Trenta Altar: Virgin and Child, 1412-22
Marble
Lucca, Italy

Tender embrace between mother and child, rendered in soft marble relief with Gothic grace and intimate warmth. Quercia's humanized Virgin established a new emotional standard for Renaissance devotional sculpture, influencing generations of Italian artists.

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E. H. Gombrich
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