The Madonna of Humility
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Round her halo runs the angel's greeting, Ave Maria gratia plena, breaking off at Do. The words belong to the Annunciation; the Child they announced is already across her lap, arms lifted, looking up at her. Her hands are crossed on her breast.
The Gallery glosses the type elsewhere: a Madonna of Humility sits on the ground rather than a throne, perhaps humus for humilitas, a convention introduced in the 1340s, apparently by Simone Martini. Two angels hold up a cloth of red, gold and black; it falls behind and under her. The title says where she sits.
Sources: National Gallery of Art, Washington, artist page 'Fra Angelico', entry for The Madonna of Humility, 1937.1.5; read 2026-09-01. · National Gallery of Art, 'The Madonna of Humility', Fra Angelico, c. 1430, 1937.1.5 · National Gallery of Art, 'Madonna of Humility, The Blessing Christ, Two Angels, and a Donor [obverse]', Andrea di Bartolo, c. 1380/1390, overview · Miklós Boskovits, Italian Paintings of the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries, NGA Systematic Catalogue, entry for Andrea di Bartolo, Madonna of Humility · Artsy, 'The Madonna of Humility', Fra Angelico
Printed on demand. Public-domain masterwork, reproduced from a 24,424 px master of the original. The whole image is printed — never cropped to fit the sheet — so every sheet carries an archival margin, and the dimensions and resolution listed above are the ones you receive.