# Founding of Santa Maria Maggiore

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## Artwork

- Artist: [SASSETTA](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/sassetta-r76a219dfcf9d91>)
- Date: 1401-1450
- Technique: Panel, 33 x 29 cm

## Commentary

Quite unlike the hieratic aura of the main scene, this predella panel of the Madonna delle Nevi \(Madonna of the Snows\) recording the miracle of the snow in founding of Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome, is full of naturalistic elements, and even the arrangement and presentation of the figures is casual and almost journalistic. Although the condition of the predella is not as good as that of the main panel, the atmospheric environment created for the outdoor scene is still legible.

## 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>)
- [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>)
- [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-rdd7c99689a489e>)

## Attribution

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