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The Madonna of Humility by Fra Angelico, c. 1430, National Gallery of Art, Washington
Madonna and Child

The Madonna of Humility

c. 1430 · tempera on panel · National Gallery of Art, Washington

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About this painting

Round her halo runs the angel's greeting, Ave Maria gratia plena, and it breaks off at Do. The words were spoken at the Annunciation; the Christ Child they announced already lies across her lap, arms lifted, looking up. Our Lady crosses her hands on her breast. Two angels hold up a cloth of red, gold and black that falls behind and under her. The National Gallery of Art explains 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. Fra Angelico painted her about 1430; 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

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The Record
Date c. 1430
Collection National Gallery of Art, Washington
Subject Madonna and Child
Season Ordinary Time
Master 24,424 px
License PD/CC0
Attribution National Gallery of Art, Washington · 1937.1.5

The original, as its museum records it

Artist Fra Angelico (Beato Angelico, il; Giovanni da Fiesole), Florentine, c. 1395 - 1455
Date c. 1430
Medium tempera on panel
Dimensions 62.9 × 47.1 cm (24 3/4 × 18 9/16 in.)
Holding National Gallery of Art, Washington · 1937.1.5

Every line above is reproduced from the holding institution’s own catalogue entry, which is linked. Where their title, date or attribution differs from ours, theirs is the one printed here.

The file this print is made from

Source default.jpg
Master 24,424 px on the long edge
Rights PD/CC0 — the photograph as well as the painting
At a glance
ArtistFra Angelico (Florentine, c. 1395–1455)
Datec. 1430
MuseumNational Gallery of Art, Washington
Accession1937.1.5
Mediumtempera on panel
Dimensions62.9 × 47.1 cm (24 3/4 × 18 9/16 in.)
Sheet sizes18×24 in, 24×36 in, 32×48 in, 40×60 in
Provenance of the file
Held byNational Gallery of Art, Washington · 1937.1.5 the museum’s record
Source filethe National Gallery of Art’s own open-access file (IIIF)
Licencepublic domain; the file released under CC0
Master18,212 × 24,424 px, the file our printer receives
ChainTaken from the National Gallery of Art’s own open-access file (IIIF) on 1 September 2026; held as our print master.

The sheets

18×24 in sheet 18×24 in · image 17.9×24 in · archival margin · 1018 dpi
24×36 in sheet 24×36 in · image 24×32.2 in · archival margin · 759 dpi
32×48 in sheet 32×48 in · image 32×42.9 in · archival margin · 569 dpi
40×60 in sheet 40×60 in · image 40×53.6 in · archival margin · 455 dpi

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.