Angelico, Fra (c.1395-1455)
Madonna dell’Umiltà (The Virgin of Humility)
c.1440
Tempera on panel, 74 x 52 cm
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam
As a Dominican monk, Fra Angelico was not subject to the strict rules of the Florentine painters’ guild. He was thus free to develop a more personal style. This combined strong realism and solid forms with a certain sweetness partly derived from earlier Sienese and Florentine examples. (RIJKS)
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Angelico, Fra (c.1395-1455)
Madonna dell’Umiltà
c.1430
National Gallery of Art, Washington
Angelico, Fra (c.1395-1455)
Madonna dell’Umiltà
c.1433–1435
Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid