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Madonna and Child 1520

by Pietro Perugino

The simply dressed Virgin Mary and the naked Christ Child remind the viewer of the Christian virtue of humility. The landscape behind them suggests an idealized site from Perugino's native Umbria in central Italy, given a paradise-like beauty and serenity. The colors are vivid and yet harmonious. Pietro Perugino (which means the one from Perugia) was famous for his pious a...

Size:: H: 24 13/16 x W: 19 5/16 x. D: 1 1/4 in. (63 x 49 x 3.2 cm)
Medium:: oil on panel
Credit:: Courtesy of the Walters Art Museum
More:: https://art.thewalters.org/detail/23285

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