The Madonna (whose head-dress, as so often in Lippo Lippi, foreshadows Botticelli) and the landscape equally delight; the children almost repel, and the decorative furniture in the corner quite repels.

The picture is interesting also for its colour, which is unlike anything else in the gallery, the green of the Madonna's dress being especially lovely and distinguished, and vulgarizing the Ghirlandaio--No.

1297--which hangs next.

This picture is far too hot throughout, and would indeed be almost displeasing but for the irradiation of the Virgin's face.

The other Ghirlandaio--No.