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This painting shows a woman sitting and cradling an infant on her lap. The woman faces slightly left and looks down at the child with a slight smile. She has pale skin and golden hair covered by a semi-translucent white veil. She wears a red garment with gold embroidery and a dark blue cloak with gold trim and a star-shaped brooch on her shoulder. The infant has curly golden hair and is dressed in a sheer garment, looking up towards the woman. Surrounding these two people are more people with wings and cherubic children with the bodies of red-and-gold birds. All of these people have pale…

Madonna and Child with Angels and Cherubim

Matteo di Giovanni (Sienese, c. 1430 - 1497)

c. 1460/1465 · tempera on poplar panel

National Gallery of Art · Andrew W. Mellon Collection

Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0)

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