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The Trivulzio Madonna is a painting by the Italian Renaissance painter Andrea Mantegna executed in 1497. It is housed in the Sforza Castle Pinacoteca of the Castello Sforzesco Milan.The work portrays the Madonna enthroned surrounded by several saints. The theme of the cherubim surrounding the Madonna is a reference to Annunciation. On the side the saints are surmounted by two citrus trees the two figures in the foreground are portrayed in order to be observed from a lower position.
