Two angels hold a crown of gold filigree over the Virgin as she writes the Magnificat, her song of praise from Luke's Gospel, in a book held by kneeling angels. The Christ Child on her lap guides her hand and rests his own on a pomegranate, a sign of the Passion. The figures curve with the round frame, a tondo made for private devotion in Florence.
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Mary writes on the right-hand page; the left carries part of the Benedictus, Zechariah's song. Behind the group, a window opens onto a calm, pale river landscape.
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