The circular work or tondo, like the
Madonna of the Magnificat also uses the Madonna
and angels as a subject, but this time the Christ Child
holds a pomegranate. This is a more sophisticated work than
the Magnificat. The clothings worn by the figures are more
refined, the colours more balanced. The painting is filled
with the symbolic elements associated with Mary's purity and
grace - the lilies, roses and words of the Annunication
(AVE GRAZIA PLENA) - woven into the stole of the
angel to the left.
Not only is this a beautiful work of art, but it is in
its original frame which is an intaglio with gilded lilies
on a blue field, alluding o the alliance between Florence
and France. The similarity between the frame and the ceiling
of the Audience Hall of the Massai di Camera in Palazzo
Vecchio indicates that that is probably where the painting
came
from.