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Madonna of the Magnificat Large Framed Print
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36x36 inches
"Madonna of the Magnificat", painted by the Italian Renaissance painter Sandro Botticelli, is known to be his most famous picture of the Virgin where he portrays the Virgin Mary crowned by two angels. The painting is now in the galleries of the Uffizi, in Florence. Encouraged by the Christ Child, She is about to dip her quill and write the last words of the Magnificat, beginning on the right page with the large initial "M"; on the left page is part of the Benedictus. The pomegranate which the mother and child are both holding is a symbol of the Passion and adds to the basic melancholy and meditative mood of the painting. |
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Madonna of the Magnificat Large Framed Print
Framed With Mat •
36x36 inches
"Madonna of the Magnificat", painted by the Italian Renaissance painter Sandro Botticelli, is known to be his most famous picture of the Virgin where he portrays the Virgin Mary crowned by two angels. The painting is now in the galleries of the Uffizi, in Florence. Encouraged by the Christ Child, She is about to dip her quill and write the last words of the Magnificat, beginning on the right page with the large initial "M"; on the left page is part of the Benedictus. The pomegranate which the mother and child are both holding is a symbol of the Passion and adds to the basic melancholy and meditative mood of the painting.
Alessandro di Mariano di Vanni Filipepi, most commonly known as Sandro Botticelli, was one of the greatest Italian painters of the Florentine Renaissance. His The Birth of Venus and Primavera are often said to epitomize for modern viewers the spirit of the Renaissance. During his lifetime he was one of the most acclaimed painters in Italy, being summoned to take part in the decoration of the Sistine Chapel in Rome and earning the patronage of the leading families of Florence, including the Medici.