# Madonna of Humility \(Virgin and Child\)

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## Artwork

- Artist: [GIOVANNI DI PAOLO](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/giovanni-di-paolo-r0da7f1ffe0e76f>)
- Date: 1451-1500
- Technique: Tempera on wood, 56 x 43 cm

## Commentary

Madonna of Humility \(Virgin and Child\) c. 1442 Tempera on wood, 56 x 43 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Boston In this Madonna of Humility Mary sits on a cushion in a flowered clearing surrounded by an orange grove. In the background a landscape, whose orthogonals refuse to converge, stretches off into the distance, its rippling waters and checkered fields alternating at intervals with soft hills.

## Related artworks

- [A Miracle by St Nicholas of Tolentino](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/giovanni-di-paolo-r0da7f1ffe0e76f/a-miracle-by-st-nicholas-of-tolentino-r90a8c97c2dacfb>)
- [Adoration of the Magi](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/giovanni-di-paolo-r0da7f1ffe0e76f/adoration-of-the-magi-r21e1e8dc59b5ff>)
- [Antiphonary](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/giovanni-di-paolo-r0da7f1ffe0e76f/antiphonary-r5f43c7afb466f9>)
- [Antiphonary](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/giovanni-di-paolo-r0da7f1ffe0e76f/antiphonary-r7166d6302eff24>)
- [Antiphonary](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/giovanni-di-paolo-r0da7f1ffe0e76f/antiphonary-rc7864539dfdc9f>)
- [Antiphonary](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/giovanni-di-paolo-r0da7f1ffe0e76f/antiphonary-re60db7e2b9a629>)
- [Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/giovanni-di-paolo-r0da7f1ffe0e76f/christ-in-the-garden-of-gethsemane-rf48624556c5981>)
- [Coronation of the Virgin](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/giovanni-di-paolo-r0da7f1ffe0e76f/coronation-of-the-virgin-r3f746760896b64>)
- [Crucifixion \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/giovanni-di-paolo-r0da7f1ffe0e76f/crucifixion-detail-r6eef295ec62062>)
- [Crucifixion \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/giovanni-di-paolo-r0da7f1ffe0e76f/crucifixion-detail-rc0e3b88a65b325>)
- [Crucifixion](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/giovanni-di-paolo-r0da7f1ffe0e76f/crucifixion-r0e8af47caf8ab0>)
- [Dante: Divina Commedia](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/giovanni-di-paolo-r0da7f1ffe0e76f/dante-divina-commedia-r0304e69944683f>)

## Attribution

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