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Adoration of the Christ Child
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Adoration of the Christ ChildWorkshop of Domenico Ghirlandaio

This tondo (c. 1485–1490) shows Mary and Joseph adoring the infant Christ, lying humbly on the earth. The sarcophagus-like manger prefigures his Passion, while the ox and donkey fulfill Isaiah and Habakkuk’s prophecy of animals recognizing the Lord. The scene binds intimacy, humility, and cosmic redemption.
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