A woman holding a nude child sits against a gold background in this vertical painting, which has a long, pointed top. They both have pale skin tinged with green, blond hair, delicate features, and pink cheeks. The woman sits on a cushion with her body angled to our left and holds the baby on her right knee. She tips her head and looks down at the child with hooded eyes. She wears a cream-white dress under a midnight-blue cloak lined with forest green. She braces the baby’s torso with her right hand, to our left, and holds the pale pink cloth on which he sits with the other. The child’s body…
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Madonna of Humility

Sassetta (Sienese, probably 1392 - 1450)

c. 1435/1440

Medium
tempera on poplar panel
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
overall: 48.4 x 21.2 cm (19 1/16 x 8 3/8 in.) ; framed: 62.9 x 25.4 cm (24 3/4 x 10 in.)
Culture
Sienese
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CIS-R
Credit line
Samuel H. Kress Collection
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
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