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The motif of the two holy children embracing derives from a design by Leonardo. The painting is very worn and the degree to which Fra Bartolommeo worked on it is hard to assess. A studio sketch of this design is in the Royal Collection, Windsor.
The town in the left background is repeated in Fra Bartolommeo's 'Vision of Saint Bernard' (Florence, Galleria Accademia).
The town in the left background is repeated in Fra Bartolommeo's 'Vision of Saint Bernard' (Florence, Galleria Accademia).
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