Fra Angelico Virgin of Humility CC0568 Canvas Print

Fra Angelico - Virgin of Humility, from 1433 until 1435. Fra Angelico (born Guido di Pietro) was an early Italian Renaissance painter. The Virgin is seated on a cushion placed directly on the ground with the child standing on her lap, holds a vase in her left hand which contains roses and a lily, symbols of motherhood and purity. The Child, who is also holding a lily, rests his forehead on his mother's cheek. They are set under a cloth of honour made of gold and black embroidered brocade held by three angels, while two more angels are seated on the ground playing an organ and a lute. The monumental figures, the splendour of the clothes, the modulated light and the use of the blue colour place this panel in the purest fifteenth-century Italian style.