%2B-%2BMadonna%2Band%2BChild%2Bwith%2Bfour%2Bangels.jpg "Madonna and Child with four angels by Fra Angelico - Christianity, Religious Paintings from Hermitage Museum")
Painting Detail
Madonna and Child with four angelsArtist: Fra Angelico
Medium: Painting, Tempera on panel, 81x51 cm
Date: c. 1425
Genre: Christianity, Religious
Source: Stroganov Palace Museum, Petrograd, 1922
This type of Madonna was widespread in Florence in the late 14th and early 15th centuries and became known as the Madonna of Humility. Painted in bright and pure colours, it is suffused with a poetical mood. The tender fair-haired Madonna and the gracious angels with their coloured wings are charming. The tiny scale of the angels compared to Mary, as well as the gold background and the lack of spatial depth, are evidence of the medieval heritage.