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SASSETTA - Madonna of Humility with Four Saints
SASSETTA
(b. 1394, Siena, d. 1450, Siena):
Madonna of Humility with Four Saints c. 1435
Tempera and gold on panel, 172 x 257 cm
Museo Diocesano, Cortona
In the centre of the polyptych there is an exquisite Virgin with Child. On the left side there are Sts Nicholas and Michael, wearing rare, refined, and precious garments. St Nicholas has a chasuble bearing a Pietà. The two saints on the right side are St John the Baptist and St Margaret of Hungary. Above the side panels are two tondi representing the Annunciation.
SASSETTA - Madonna of Humility with Four Saints
SASSETTA
(b. 1394, Siena, d. 1450, Siena):
Madonna of Humility with Four Saints c. 1435
Tempera and gold on panel, 172 x 257 cm
Museo Diocesano, Cortona
In the centre of the polyptych there is an exquisite Virgin with Child. On the left side there are Sts Nicholas and Michael, wearing rare, refined, and precious garments. St Nicholas has a chasuble bearing a Pietà. The two saints on the right side are St John the Baptist and St Margaret of Hungary. Above the side panels are two tondi representing the Annunciation.