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这幅姿态优雅的画作，源自十五世纪后期佛罗伦萨最负盛名的艺术工坊主——雕塑家、画家兼绘图大师韦罗基奥的设计。其作坊曾汇聚波提切利、年轻时的列奥纳多·达·芬奇等艺术巨匠。此类圣母子题材画作原多悬挂于家居空间，既为私人虔修所推崇，亦作为妇女儿童的行为楷模。
尽管圣母左侧面部损毁严重，但如圣子头部等细节仍透露出原作不凡的艺术感染力：基督婴孩蜷卧于母亲臂弯，肌肤晶莹如玉石，金色发绺映照光泽，轻薄罩袍随体态垂坠，这些局部无不展现出生动绝伦的初始笔韵。
This graceful picture is based on a design by Verrocchio, the great sculptor, painter, and draftsman who ran the most prestigious workshop of the last third of the fifteenth century in Florence (Botticelli and the young Leonardo da Vinci were among those associated with the shop). The painting would have originally hung in a home, where images of the Madonna and infant Christ were favored for private devotion, in part because they provided ideal models for women and children. Although the left side of the Madonna’s face is badly damaged, passages such as the child’s head convey the striking original quality of the painting.
