was painted in circa 1487 with tempera on a wood panel by Sandro Botticelli. Sandro Botticelli was a leading Italian Renaissance artist from Florence, Italy. Botticelli's use of tempera grassa give the characters a real look, better known as a "naturalistic" style, which is common during the Renaissance. The Virgin Mary is holding baby Jesus gently in her arms while holding a pomegranate in her left hand. Pomegranate This fruit generally has the significance of life and fertility, because of its special shape and internal structure, so that the whole looks much like the heart, after opening its interior, many seeds in the skin wrapped tightly arranged, also make it a representative of many children. In Greek mythology, pomegranates also symbolized women's ability to reproduce and give birth, and ancient Roman brides decorated their hair with pomegranate branches, and pomegranate trees were also one of the favorite plants of the goddess Hera, the god of marriage and fertility, who was usually depicted with a scepter in one hand and a pomegranate in the other. In this painting, the author places a pomegranate in the hand of the infant Jesus, a clear symbol of offering new life to humanity.