Detail View: The AMICA Library: Madonna of Humility
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AMICA ID:
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CMA_.1963.500
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AMICA Library Year:
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2001
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Object Type:
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Paintings
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Creator Name:
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Caterino Veneziano
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Creator Nationality:
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European; Southern European; Italian
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Creator Role:
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artist
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Creator Dates/Places:
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1724 - 1796
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Gender:
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M
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Caterino Veneziano
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Title:
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Madonna of Humility
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Title Type:
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Primary
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View:
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Full View
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Creation Date:
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late 1370s
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Creation Start Date:
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1375
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Creation End Date:
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1379
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Materials and Techniques:
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tempera on panel
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Dimensions:
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Framed: 91.5cm x 70cm x 4cm, Unframed: 79.6cm x 54.6cm
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AMICA Contributor:
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The Cleveland Museum of Art
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Owner Location:
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Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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ID Number:
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1963.500
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Credit Line:
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Gift of Dr. Rudolf J. Heinemann
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Inscriptions:
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Inscribed at bottom: ".SCA. MARIA. DEUM LITATE"
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Rights:
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Provenance:
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Private Collection, Italy (Information supplied by Heinemann-- once cited as Prince Umberto of Italy)Thyssen, Schloss Rohoncz, Lugano (1930 collection catalogue)
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Context:
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Seated on the ground as she nurses the infant Christ, the Virgin Mary is represented as the Madonna of Humility. Because it stressed simplicity and humanness, this scene was especially popular in Italian art. The divine nature of the subject is made clear by the inscription (in Latin) "Holy Mary, the milk of God," which indicates that the Virgin alone could bear and nurture the son of God.On the Virgin's dress is a blazing sun, beneath her feet is a crescent moon, and surrounding her are rays of light. These attributes allude to another aspect of the Virgin Mary-the powerful and queenly Woman of the Apocalypse.
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Related Image Identifier Link:
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CMA_.1963.500.TIF
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