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'Madonna del Ceppo' ('Madonna of the Stocks'), 1453. The Madonna enthroned, holding Jesus, is flanked by St John the Baptist (right) and another saint. Kneeling is the Prato merchant, Francesco di Marco Datini, presenting the four Buonomini, the superintendents of the 'Ceppo' (Charity). From the Civic Museum, Prato, Italy.