\paperw4260 \margr0\margl0 \plain \fs20 \f1 This panel depicts the Virgin offering her breast to the Child. It is still strongly influenced by the Byzantine tradition, evident in
the monumental beauty of the figure and its still archaic appearance, like that of a ôGreek icon.ö In fact this tradition was dominant in Genoa, the city where Barnaba da Modena lived and worked for a long time.\par