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Magnoli

altarpiece by Veneziano

Also known as: “St. Lucy”

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discussed in biography

In Domenico Veneziano
…Church of Santa Lucia dei Magnoli, usually called the St. Lucy Altarpiece, which was probably painted about 1447. The central panel, the Virgin and Child with four saints, is one of the outstanding paintings produced in Florence in the middle of the 15th century. It is remarkable for the soft…
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place in Renaissance art