Madonna of the Magnificat
Sandro Botticelli · 1483
The story
The Madonna of the Magnificat (Italian: Madonna del Magnificat), is a painting of circular or tondo form by the Italian Renaissance painter Sandro Botticelli. It is also referred to as the Virgin and Child with Five Angels. In the tondo, we see the Virgin Mary writing the Magnificat with her right hand, with a pomegranate in her left, as two angels crown her with the Christ child on her lap. It is now in the galleries of the Uffizi, in Florence.
- Artist
- Sandro Botticelli
- Date
- 1483
- Collection
- Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Italy
- Movement
- Early Renaissance
- Medium
- tempera, panel
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