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Virgin and Child with an Angel  1470

by Sandro Botticelli

Sandro Botticelli was one of the most renowned painters of late-15th-century Florence. Here the tender embrace of mother and child and the Virgin’s wistful expression are typical of his lyrical manner. Another version of this composition in the Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena, still shows the influence of the sculpture of Andrea Verrocchio and is probably an early work, made...
Size: 
85.8 x 59.1 cm (33 3/4 x 23 1/4 in.)
Medium: 
Tempera on Panel
Credit: 
Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons