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The Christ Child: Intimacy and Innocence in Renaissance Art

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Madonna and Child

Gallery 956 · Benvenuto di Giovanni · ca. 1470 · Met web page

Benvenuto di Giovanni, ca. 1470. The Virgin hands the Christ Child a pomegranate, a symbol of the Resurrection, in this resplendent and well-preserved Sienese panel.

Gallery 953 → Gallery 956

To Madonna and Child

Move to Gallery 956. This larger, more formal painting represents a different approach to the Madonna and Child theme—one emphasizing wealth, status, and symbolic meaning.