# Madonna on a Crescent Moon in Hortus Conclusus

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## Artwork

- Artist: [MASTER of 1456](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/master-of-1456-rdaff8a1f76ec99>)
- Date: 1451-1500
- Technique: Oak, 95 x 62 cm

## Commentary

This image represents an unusual combination of the Woman of the Apocalypse and a Madonna of Humility. The Madonna is shown seated in an enclosed garden, with male and female donors in suitably humble small scale to the lower left and right.

## Related artworks

- [Martyrdom of St Ursula and the Eleven Thousand Virgins of Cologne](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/master-of-1456-rdaff8a1f76ec99/martyrdom-of-st-ursula-and-the-eleven-thousand-virgins-of-cologne-r5f7347d4cc765e>)

## Attribution

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