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Coronation of the Virgin (about 1420)
Golden light bathes the Virgin as angels lower a jeweled crown onto her head. Their wings shimmer against the deep blue, their faces alight with reverence. Below, saints and martyrs gaze upward, caught in this moment of divine grace. Every inch glows with intricate patterns and radiant gold leaf.
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The Sistine Madonna (between 1512 and 1513)
The Virgin steps through parted curtains, the Christ child in her arms. Two cherubs rest below, gazing upward with solemn wonder. Green drapes frame the scene like a stage, revealing clouds where faint faces emerge. Her bare feet barely touch the ground—a mother suspended between heaven and earth.
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The song of the angels (1881)
Cherubic angels play a lullaby for the infant Christ in this luminous vision of divine harmony and maternal serenity.