Virgin and Child paintings are a hallmark of the Florentine #Renaissance. #Botticelli made a specialty of them, and this is one of his earliest. The influence of his master Filippo Lippi is evident throughout, but the depth of intimacy and love shared by the mother and child is unmistakably Botticelli—a quality that would mark his works throughout his career. See works by Botticelli and Lippi in "Botticelli and the Search for the Divine." #mfaBotticelli Pictured: "Madonna of the Loggia," about 1467, @uffizigalleries.
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