# Virgin of Humility

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## Artwork

- Artist: [SASSETTA](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/sassetta-r76a219dfcf9d91>)
- Date: 1401-1450
- Technique: Panel, 79 x 46 cm

## Commentary

The iconography of the Virgin seated on a cushion derives from the work of Simone Martini and was very popular in fourteenth-century western Europe. The theme was picked up in the following century by artists such as Sassetta and Giovanni di Paolo.

## Related artworks

- [Damnation of the Soul of the Miser of Citerna](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/sassetta-r76a219dfcf9d91/damnation-of-the-soul-of-the-miser-of-citerna-r7dcf62b3111062>)
- [Death of the Heretic on the Bonfire](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/sassetta-r76a219dfcf9d91/death-of-the-heretic-on-the-bonfire-r2a846b25d25327>)
- [Founding of Santa Maria Maggiore](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/sassetta-r76a219dfcf9d91/founding-of-santa-maria-maggiore-r1e8ab89002ffb3>)
- [Madonna of Humility](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/sassetta-r76a219dfcf9d91/madonna-of-humility-rd9d65ce65ba283>)
- [Madonna of Humility with Four Saints](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/sassetta-r76a219dfcf9d91/madonna-of-humility-with-four-saints-r3d37149e0c25ef>)
- [Marriage of St Francis to Lady Poverty](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/sassetta-r76a219dfcf9d91/marriage-of-st-francis-to-lady-poverty-re50193f0594ff7>)
- [Miracle of the Eucharist](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/sassetta-r76a219dfcf9d91/miracle-of-the-eucharist-rba1a2c2b9f397f>)
- [St Anthony the Hermit Tortured by the Devils](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/sassetta-r76a219dfcf9d91/st-anthony-the-hermit-tortured-by-the-devils-r5b7aea2dfa0122>)
- [St Jerome \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/sassetta-r76a219dfcf9d91/st-jerome-detail-r07a8b1d687295e>)
- [St Thomas Before the Cross](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/sassetta-r76a219dfcf9d91/st-thomas-before-the-cross-r84f8cc6afc714f>)
- [St Thomas Inspired by the Dove of the Holy Ghost \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/sassetta-r76a219dfcf9d91/st-thomas-inspired-by-the-dove-of-the-holy-ghost-detail-r4449e14698ef6b>)
- [St Thomas Inspired by the Dove of the Holy Ghost \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/sassetta-r76a219dfcf9d91/st-thomas-inspired-by-the-dove-of-the-holy-ghost-detail-r87077c7ab0c7ac>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)