'Madonna and Child' ('Madonna of the Book'), 1483. Artist: Sandro Botticelli

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'Madonna and Child' ('Madonna of the Book'), 1483. The Child is seated on the Virgin's lap, looking questioningly into his mother's face. Round his wrist is a crown of thorns. Before them is an open book and by the Child's shoulder a bowl of fruit containing cherries, the fruit of Paradise, and peaches with leaves, a symbol of truth.

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