Madonna dell’Umiltà (c.1440)

Angelico, Fra (c.1395-1455)

Madonna dell’Umiltà (The Virgin of Humility)
c.1440
Tempera on panel, 74 x 52 cm
RijksmuseumAmsterdam

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 ArtWashington

 

 

Angelico, Fra (c.1395-1455)
Madonna dell’Umiltà
c.14331435
Museo Thyssen-BornemiszaMadrid