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Also Known As Alessandro di Mariano Filipepi
Born 1445 • Florence • Italy
Died May 17, 1510 (aged 65) • Florence • Italy
Movement / Style Early Renaissance • Renaissance

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Painting by Sandro Botticelli showing the Madonna in a green and red robe holding the Christ Child on her lap, set before classical columns and a distant landscape.
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