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SANSOVINO, Jacopo: Madonna del Parto

🖼 Madonna del Parto, 1518
Marble, over lifesize
Rome, Italy

Tender intimacy defines this marble relief of Mary, her swollen belly cradled in graceful contrapposto, rendered with Sansovino's signature soft modeling. The work revolutionized Renaissance devotional sculpture by humanizing pregnancy itself, transforming the Madonna into an accessible, vulnerable woman rather than distant icon.

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