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The tender scene of maternal love is raised beyond the purely earthly through the inclusion of the planets. The semi-circle of real gold leaf behind the figures represents the sun; Lippo has scored the soft metal to create its rays. The Virgin’s halo is circled with 12 stars and she has at her feet a silver crescent moon. The inclusion of stars and planets recalls the Woman of the Apocalypse, mentioned in the New Testament as, ‘clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of 12 stars’ (Revelation 12: 1).
Title
The Madonna of Humility
Date
about 1390
Medium
Egg tempera on canvas
Measurements
H 110 x W 88.2 cm
Accession number
NG752
Acquisition method
Bought, 1866
Work type
Painting
