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Madonna of Humility
Also titled Madonna van de nederigheid
Bartolommeo Bulgarini (in o–1378)
c. 1353
- Medium
- linden, poplar (wood), tempera
- Classification
- painting
- Dimensions
- height 57 cm x width 24.5 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
About this work
Guild regulations in Siena were less strict than in Florence, so artists there had more scope for innova-tion. The ‘Madonna of Humility’ (Madonna dell’umilità) was a new theme introduced by Sienese artists in the early 14th century. It stressed the Virgin’s humility by showing her seated or kneeling on the floor beside the Christ Child. Here Jesus interrupts her from her reading.
