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Madonna and Child between two angels
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Madonna and Child between two angels
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Stories of the Sacred Girdle (detail)
Queen Semiramis
Madonna and Child with Saints (Pala dell'Udienza)
The archangel Raphael with Tobiolo
Do not touch me
Madonna and Child with Saints Francis, Bartholomew, Barnabas and Catherine Stories from the lives of the saints Episodes from the life and Passion of Christ
Hand thinking
Saint Anthony Abbot adored by two angels
Madonna and Child, St. Stephen, St. John the Baptist and Francesco by Marco Datini presenting the four Buonomini (Madonna del Ceppo)
Madonna and Child with Saints Catherine of Alexandria, Benedetto, Giovanni Gualberto and Agata
The city of Prato with the saints Stefano and Giovanni Battista and the benefactors Michele Dagomari and Francesco Datini
The Madonna della Cintola, Saints Gregory, Margaret, Thomas, Agostino and Tobiolo and the Angel
The Good Samaritan
Cabin

Madonna and Child between two angels

Donatello

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Pretorio Palace

Pretorio Palace

Piazza del Comune, Prato

Open now from 10:30 to 18:30

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The tabernacle, probably of domestic origin, presents one of the most typical subjects of Renaissance plastic, the embrace between Mother and Son as a symbol of a new humanitas, with the Virgin who is seated, with grace and elegance, on a classical throne in faldistorio, decorated on the left side with a “pine cone” plant motif, a symbol of fecunditỳ, and an embroidered cushion. The relief with the Madonna with her naked Son standing, with her hand resting on the right breast, has been attributed to Donatello's youth activity (Bellosi 2002; Pisani, 2009; Cavazzini 2013) for the vibrant reinterpretation of classical antiquity and the 'high quality' of the modeling, which in various passages reveals the signs of a delicate stick hatching.
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Title: Madonna and Child between two angels

Author: Donatello

Date: 1415 - 1420

Technique: Terracotta

Displayed in: Pretorio Palace

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