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Madonna and Child with Angels Graphic

Gypsy — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:59:41 +0000

Such beauty in the classics. This is a detail from “Madonna and Child” by Filippino Lippi from the Louvre in Paris.

Detail from Madonna and Child

Angel with Flowers graphic

Gypsy — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 00:03:14 +0000

This is a detail from the painting “Madonna and Child with Angels” by Cosimo Rosselli, 1439-1507. Be sure and click on the image for the full size.

Angel with Flower Bowl

Italian Angel Painting by Benozzo Gozzoli

Gypsy — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:41:51 +0000

This is the usual convention for painting angels since no one has ever seen them we assume they look like this and usually wear robes. In 1459, Benozzo Gozzoli painted this for the chapel of the Palazzo Medici-Riccardi in Florence.

Angels by Benozzo Gozzoli 1459