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VERONESE, Paolo: The Adoration of the Virgin by the Coccina Family

🖼 The Adoration of the Virgin by the Coccina Family, c. 1571
Oil on canvas
167 × 414 cm
Dresden, Germany

Golden light bathes a kneeling family in Renaissance splendor as they worship the enthroned Virgin and Child, rendered with Veronese's characteristic rich colors and architectural grandeur. The Coccina family's prominent placement celebrates their wealth and piety, exemplifying how Venetian patricians commissioned devotional works to display social status and religious devotion.

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