Madonna of Humility

Fra Angelico, c. 1440

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.

  • Artwork typepainting
  • Object numberSK-A-3011
  • Dimensionsheight 74 cm x width 52 cm
  • Physical characteristicstempera on panel

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Madonna of Humility

1:26 min. - Masterpiece from Florence made by a painter-monk

Madonna of Humility

Identification

  • Title(s)

    • Madonna of Humility
    • Madonna with Lily (former title)

  • Object type

  • Object number

    SK-A-3011

  • Description

    Madonna met lelie. Zittende Maria met een lelie in haar rechterhand, de linkerarm om de benen van het Christuskind staande op haar schoot.

Creation

  • Creation

    painter: Fra Angelico, Florence

  • Dating

    c. 1440

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    tempera on panel

  • Dimensions

    height 74 cm x width 52 cm

This work is about

  • Subject

Acquisition and rights

  • Credit line

    Purchased with the support of the Vereniging Rembrandt

  • Acquisition

    gift 1923

  • Copyright

    Public domain

Documentation

    • Bulletin Vereniging Rembrandt, jrg. 15, nr. 1 (voorjaar 2005), p. 29-31
    • Jahrbuch für Kunstsammler 4-5 (1924/25), p. 63, 97
    • T. Borenius, The Burlington Magazine, LX (1931), p. 65
    • A.B. de Vries, Die Ausstellung altitalienische Kunst, Pantheon 14 (1934), p. 312
    • M. Salmi, Il Beato Angelico, Spoleto, 1958, p. 107
    • J. Pope-Hennesy, Fra Angelico, Londen 1974, p. 220
    • L. Collobi Ragghianti, ‘Una mostra dell’Angelico’, Critica d’Arte ns II (1955) pp. 391-2
    • Rijksmuseum Kunstkrant, vol. 8, nr. 7 (maart 1982)
    • Nederlands Kunsthistorisch Jaarboek, dl. 35 (1984), p. 381, 382
    • L.C. Bagglianti, Mostra dell'Angelico, Critica d'Arte X (1955), p. 391
    • Hertz, A., Fra Angelico, Rome 1983
    • R. Fremantle, Masaccio e l'Angelico, Antichità via IX (1970), p. 46, afb. 25
    • C. Gomez-Moreno, A reconstructed panel by Fra Angelico, The Art Bulletin XXXIX (1957), p. 183 + afb.
    • B. Gleistein, Kunstrip (april 1974)
    • F.A. Van Braam, Art treasures in the Benelux countries, vol. 1, The Netherlands, Deventer 1959, p. 6 (cat.nr. 68)
    • R. van Marle, La pittura all'esposizione d'arte italiana di Amsterdam, Bolletino d'Arte 28 (1935), p. 305
    • Jaarverslag Rijksmuseum 1923, p. 15
    • Incontri, jrg. 4, nr. 3 (1989), p. 132, afb. 1

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