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MASACCIO E MASOLINO | Sant'Anna Metterza | Uffizi, Sala 7 | Versione breve | La narrazione è di Silvia Barlacchi, la voce di Paola Roscioli | Leggi la scheda completa dell'opera su uffizi.it    Masaccio and Masolino | Virgin and Child with St. Anne | Room 7  A hand on a shoulder brings comfort, however small, slender and apparently fragile. This dual portrait of motherhood is all inside a vertical line: affection, protection, solidarity, trust, courage, from one to the other, through to the Child on his mother’s lap. This however, is not conveyed in words, but in gestures and presence. Now, in this room there is a mother holding her child, with another woman to protect and guide her. A look that follows affectionately, and one I know well. I am the mother of two girls but, before that, I was a daughter. Between my mother and myself, the same daily acts of care, but which were and said much more. My mother, behind me, speaking to me as she combed my hair: advice, deep and simple thoughts about t