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RAFFAELLO Sanzio: The Madonna of the Pinks

🖼 The Madonna of the Pinks, c. 1506-1507
Oil on panel
London, United Kingdom

Soft brushwork renders the Virgin and Child in tender intimacy, exchanging a pink flower in a luminous interior. This domestic scene revolutionized Madonna imagery by portraying sacred figures with unprecedented naturalism and psychological warmth, departing from rigid tradition.

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