Madonna of The Book (Botticelli)

The Madonna of the Book, also known as the Madonna del Libro, is a small painting by the Italian Renaissance artist Sandro Botticelli, circa 1483. It is housed in the Museo Poldi Pezzoli in Milan, Italy. A larger, more detailed version is currently on display at the Museum of Biblical Art in Dallas, Texas.

Botticelli
Works
  • Madonna and Child with an Angel
  • Madonna and Child with an Angel
  • Madonna della Loggia
  • The Virgin and Child with Two Angels and the Young St. John the Baptist
  • The Annunciation
  • The Virgin and Child, St. John and an Angel
  • Madonna and Child
  • Adoration of the Magi
  • Portrait of a Young Man
  • Madonna in Glory with Seraphim
  • Madonna of the Sea
  • Madonna of the Rosegarden (Madonna del Roseto)
  • Madonna and Child and Two Angels
  • Portrait of Esmeralda Brandini
  • Fortitude
  • Madonna and Child with Six Saints (Sant'Ambrogio Altarpiece)
  • Madonna and Child with an Angel
  • The Return of Judith to Bethulia
  • The Discovery of the Murder of Holofernes
  • Adoration of the Magi
  • Portrait of a Young Woman
  • Adoration of the Magi
  • St. Sebastian
  • Portrait of a Man with a Medal of Cosimo the Elder
  • Portrait of Giuliano de' Medici
  • Madonna and Child
  • Catherine of Alexandria
  • Nativity
  • Portrait of Giuliano de' Medici
  • The Birth of Christ
  • Portrait of Giuliano de' Medici
  • Madonna and Child with Eight Angels
  • St. Augustine
  • Madonna of the Magnificat (Madonna del Magnificat)
  • Madonna of the Book (Madonna del Libro)
  • Portrait of a Young Woman
  • Portrait of a Young Woman
  • Annunciation
  • St. Sixtus II
  • Adoration of the Magi
  • Primavera
  • Pallas and the Centaur
  • Venus and Mars
  • Portrait of a Young Man
  • Portrait of a Young Man
  • The Story of Nastagio degli Onesti
  • Venus and the Three Graces Presenting Gifts to a Young Woman
  • A Young Man Being Introduced to the Seven Liberal Arts
  • The Virgin and Child Enthroned (Bardi Altarpiece)
  • The Birth of Venus
  • Annunciation
  • Madonna Adoring the Child with Five Angels
  • Madonna of the Pomegranate (Madonna della Melagrana)
  • The Virgin and Child with Four Angels and Six Saints (Pala di San Barnaba)
  • Vision of St. Augustine
  • Christ in the Sepulcre
  • Salome with the Head of St. John the Baptist
  • Extraction of St. Ignatius' Heart
  • Cestello Annunciation
  • The Virgin Adoring the Child
  • Lamentation over the Dead Christ
  • Portrait of a Man
  • San Marco Altarpiece
  • St. Augustine in His Cell
  • Madonna and Child and the Young St John the Baptist
  • Portrait of Lorenzo di Ser Piero Lorenzi
  • Virgin and Child with the Infant St. John the Baptist
  • Holy Trinity (Pala delle Convertite)
  • The Virgin and Child with Three Angels (Madonna del Padiglione)
  • Calumny of Apelles
  • Lamentation over the Dead Christ with Saints
  • Last Communion of St. Jerome
  • Portrait of Dante
  • The Story of Virginia
  • The Story of Lucretia
  • Crucifixion
  • Christ Crowned with Thorns
  • Transfiguration, St Jerome, St Augustine
  • Judith Leaving the Tent of Holofernes
  • Agony in the Garden
  • The Mystical Nativity
  • Baptism of St. Zenobius and His Appointment as Bishop
  • Three Miracles of St. Zenobius
  • Three Miracles of St. Zenobius
  • Last Miracle and the Death of St. Zenobius

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    Zelda Fitzgerald (1900–1948)