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Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
Preferred Title:
Madonna of Humility
Alternate Title:
Madonna dell’Umiltà
Image View:
Detail, Madonna and Child flanked by St. John Baptist (left) and St. John Evangelist (or James)
Creator:
Jacopo Salimbeni (Italian painter, active ca. 1404-1427); Lorenzo Salimbeni (Italian painter, 1374-ca. 1420)
Location:
repository: Oratorio di San Giovanni Battista (Urbino, Marches, Italy)
Location Note:
Via Francesco Barocci, 31
GPS:
43.7256 12.6345
Date:
1416 (creation)
Cultural Context:
Italian
Style Period:
Fifteenth century; Late Gothic
Work Type 1:
fresco (painting)
Classification:
Paintings
Material:
pigment on plaster
Technique:
fresco painting (technique)
Relation Work:
partOf Oratory of St. John the Baptist Fresco Cycle
Subjects:
cycles or series; New Testament; saints; Jesus Christ; John, the Baptist, Saint; Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint; votive pictures
Description:
The Oratory of St. John the Baptist (Oratorio di San Giovanni Battista) is a 14th-century small chapel or prayer hall best known for its Late Gothic style fresco cycle (1416) by the brothers Lorenzo and Jacopo Salimbeni. The Madonna of humility refers to portrayals of the Virgin Mary which depict her as sitting on the ground, or sitting upon a low cushion. She may be holding the Child Jesus in her lap. In this case she is also ringed with an aureole containing saints and the adult risen Christ. This paintings flanks a niche on the east wall, producing the effect of a triptych. (Source: Fondazione Federico Zeri (University of Bologna); http://catalogo.fond azionezeri.unibo.it/ )
Collection:
Adjunct Module B: Italian Art
Identifier:
7A1-LJS-OSJB-MOP-A02
Rights:
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Madonna of Humility