Adoration of the Christ Child
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Adoration of the Christ ChildAdoration of the Christ ChildSaint Anthony the HermitMale PortraitMary MagdaleneThe Entombment of Christ (detail)Portrait of a MusicianMadonna of the TowersChrist in the Storm on the Sea of GalileeThe Infant Jesus with a LambChrist the RedeemerHoly Family with Saints John, Tobias, and Raphael

Adoration of the Christ ChildWorkshop of Domenico Ghirlandaio

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This tondo (1485–90) 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.