Madonna Adoring the Child with Five Angels (Botticelli)
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''Madonna Adoring the Child with Five Angels'' is a tondo or round painting by the Italian
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, completed between 1485 and 1490. It is housed in the
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. This work illustrates the
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with a young Jesus accompanied by five angels.


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Entry to the panel
on the museum's website Paintings of the Madonna and Child by Sandro Botticelli Angels in art {{15C-painting-stub fr:La Madone du Magnificat