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RAFFAELLO Sanzio: Madonna del Cardellino

🖼 Madonna del Cardellino, 1507
Oil on wood
107 × 77 cm
Florence, Italy

Soft light bathes three figures in a lush landscape: Madonna tenderly restrains the Christ Child as he reaches toward a goldfinch held by young John the Baptist. This intimate scene pioneered Renaissance devotional imagery, blending humanized holy figures with symbolic nature to create profound spiritual tenderness.

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E. H. Gombrich
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