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QUERCIA, Jacopo della: Virgin with Saints

Gilded backgrounds frame the Virgin enthroned with attendant saints in hierarchical arrangement, rendered in Quercia's refined Gothic style. This altarpiece exemplifies early Renaissance Sienese devotion, combining Byzantine formality with emerging naturalism in drapery and facial expression.

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