# Birth of the Virgin \(north wall, detail\)

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## Artwork

- Artist: [GIOVANNI DA MILANO](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/giovanni-da-milano-r978a852887f17e>)
- Date: 1301-1350
- Technique: Fresco

## Commentary

The two women, one of whom is handing the other a plate of food, draw the viewer&#39;s gaze away from the other figures thanks to their clothing, whose elegance is clearly derived from contemporary fashions. The modeling of their delicately shaped faces, slender necks. and bare shoulders has a smoothness almost like porcelain and an enamel-like glaze, and a similar effect is achieved in their garments.

## Related artworks

- [Birth of the Virgin \(north wall, detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/giovanni-da-milano-r978a852887f17e/birth-of-the-virgin-north-wall-detail-raf4f329fad960b>)
- [Christ and the Virgin Enthroned with Six Saints \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/giovanni-da-milano-r978a852887f17e/christ-and-the-virgin-enthroned-with-six-saints-detail-r7f79c6a6d88c84>)
- [Christ and the Virgin Enthroned with Six Saints \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/giovanni-da-milano-r978a852887f17e/christ-and-the-virgin-enthroned-with-six-saints-detail-rd21e2df6fbda2b>)
- [Christ and the Virgin Enthroned with Six Saints](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/giovanni-da-milano-r978a852887f17e/christ-and-the-virgin-enthroned-with-six-saints-r13c30b3e78ef72>)
- [Christ Enthroned with Four Adoring Angels](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/giovanni-da-milano-r978a852887f17e/christ-enthroned-with-four-adoring-angels-rce19e440dce2b8>)
- [Crucifixion](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/giovanni-da-milano-r978a852887f17e/crucifixion-r3fbf9778785d2a>)
- [Eleven Saints](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/giovanni-da-milano-r978a852887f17e/eleven-saints-r73ceae37313342>)
- [Expulsion of Joachim from the Temple \(north wall, detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/giovanni-da-milano-r978a852887f17e/expulsion-of-joachim-from-the-temple-north-wall-detail-r032cf27b354b9e>)
- [Expulsion of Joachim from the Temple \(north wall, detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/giovanni-da-milano-r978a852887f17e/expulsion-of-joachim-from-the-temple-north-wall-detail-r86af0b59280591>)
- [Feast in the House of Simon the Pharisee \(south wall, detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/giovanni-da-milano-r978a852887f17e/feast-in-the-house-of-simon-the-pharisee-south-wall-detail-r1c12db3dc156e1>)
- [Incredulity of St Thomas](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/giovanni-da-milano-r978a852887f17e/incredulity-of-st-thomas-r546f1e622c44b7>)
- [Meeting of Joachim and Anne at the Golden Gate \(north wall, detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/giovanni-da-milano-r978a852887f17e/meeting-of-joachim-and-anne-at-the-golden-gate-north-wall-detail-re4eb30aedd5bf3>)

## Attribution

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