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Madonna of Humility
Sano di PietroFifth decade of the XVth century
Fondazione Musei Senesi
Siena, Italy
The painting, who belongs to the better production of the prolific Sano di Pietro, shows elegant Gothic figure set between the gold backgrounds and the detailed rose garden at Virgin's feet. The thin features of the angels and of the two protagonists seem to resemble the style of Stefano di Giovanni known as Sassetta, especially in intimistic and devotional attitude.
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- Title: Madonna of Humility
- Creator Lifespan: 1405 - 1481
- Creator Nationality: Italian
- Creator Gender: male
- Creator Death Place: Siena
- Creator Birth Place: Siena
- Date Created: Fifth decade of the XVth century
- painter: Sano di Pietro
- collocation: Montalcino, Civic and Diocesan Museum; Archaeological Collection, Province of Siena
- Place Part Of: Province of Siena
- Physical Dimensions: w52 x h81 cm
- Artist Biography: Sano di Pietro was active since 1428, but documented works are just known to us only from 1444. As a very successful and enduring protagonist of Sienese painting of the early Renaissance, Sano di Pietro, after a brilliant youth, intensely poetic and raised in the shadow of the great Sassetta, in his later years converted his commitment to a vast production, sometimes serial, thanks to a well-organized workshop, specializing in devotional images especially appreciated by the public of fraternities and popular religiosity.
- Type: tempera on panel
- Rights: Comune di Montalcino; Curia Arcivescovile di Siena, Colle di Val d'Elsa, Montalcino; Fondazione Musei Senesi, Fondazione Musei Senesi
- External Link: Fondazione Musei Senesi
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