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Lorenzo Monaco (Italian, School of Florence, ca. 1370/71–1424). <em>Madonna of Humility</em>, ca. 1415–1420. Tempera and tooled gold on panel with engaged frame, 33 1/4 × 18 7/8 in. (84.5 × 47.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mary Babbott Ladd, Lydia Babbott Stokes, and Frank L. Babbott, Jr. in memory of their father Frank L. Babbott, 34.842 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 34.842_overall_black_PS22.jpg)
Lorenzo Monaco (Italian, School of Florence, ca. 1370/71–1424). Madonna of Humility, ca. 1415–1420. Tempera and tooled gold on panel with engaged frame, 33 1/4 × 18 7/8 in. (84.5 × 47.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mary Babbott Ladd, Lydia Babbott Stokes, and Frank L. Babbott, Jr. in memory of their father Frank L. Babbott, 34.842 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 34.842_overall_black_PS22.jpg)
Lorenzo Monaco (Italian, School of Florence, ca. 1370/71–1424). <em>Madonna of Humility</em>, ca. 1415–1420. Tempera and tooled gold on panel with engaged frame, 33 1/4 × 18 7/8 in. (84.5 × 47.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mary Babbott Ladd, Lydia Babbott Stokes, and Frank L. Babbott, Jr. in memory of their father Frank L. Babbott, 34.842 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 34.842_overall_black_PS22.jpg)

Lorenzo Monaco (Italian, School of Florence, ca. 1370/71–1424). Madonna of Humility, ca. 1415–1420. Tempera and tooled gold on panel with engaged frame, 33 1/4 × 18 7/8 in. (84.5 × 47.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mary Babbott Ladd, Lydia Babbott Stokes, and Frank L. Babbott, Jr. in memory of their father Frank L. Babbott, 34.842 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 34.842_overall_black_PS22.jpg)

Lorenzo Monaco (Italian, School of Florence, ca. 1370/71–1424). <em>Madonna of Humility</em>, ca. 1415–1420. Tempera and tooled gold on panel with engaged frame, 33 1/4 × 18 7/8 in. (84.5 × 47.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mary Babbott Ladd, Lydia Babbott Stokes, and Frank L. Babbott, Jr. in memory of their father Frank L. Babbott, 34.842 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 34.842_threequarter_black_PS22.jpg)

Lorenzo Monaco (Italian, School of Florence, ca. 1370/71–1424). Madonna of Humility, ca. 1415–1420. Tempera and tooled gold on panel with engaged frame, 33 1/4 × 18 7/8 in. (84.5 × 47.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mary Babbott Ladd, Lydia Babbott Stokes, and Frank L. Babbott, Jr. in memory of their father Frank L. Babbott, 34.842 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 34.842_threequarter_black_PS22.jpg)

Lorenzo Monaco (Italian, School of Florence, ca. 1370/71–1424). <em>Madonna of Humility</em>, ca. 1415–1420. Tempera and tooled gold on panel with engaged frame, 33 1/4 × 18 7/8 in. (84.5 × 47.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mary Babbott Ladd, Lydia Babbott Stokes, and Frank L. Babbott, Jr. in memory of their father Frank L. Babbott, 34.842 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 34.842_detail01_PS22.jpg)

Lorenzo Monaco (Italian, School of Florence, ca. 1370/71–1424). Madonna of Humility, ca. 1415–1420. Tempera and tooled gold on panel with engaged frame, 33 1/4 × 18 7/8 in. (84.5 × 47.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mary Babbott Ladd, Lydia Babbott Stokes, and Frank L. Babbott, Jr. in memory of their father Frank L. Babbott, 34.842 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 34.842_detail01_PS22.jpg)

Lorenzo Monaco (Italian, School of Florence, ca. 1370/71–1424). <em>Madonna of Humility</em>, ca. 1415–1420. Tempera and tooled gold on panel with engaged frame, 33 1/4 × 18 7/8 in. (84.5 × 47.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mary Babbott Ladd, Lydia Babbott Stokes, and Frank L. Babbott, Jr. in memory of their father Frank L. Babbott, 34.842 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 34.842_detail02_PS22.jpg)

Lorenzo Monaco (Italian, School of Florence, ca. 1370/71–1424). Madonna of Humility, ca. 1415–1420. Tempera and tooled gold on panel with engaged frame, 33 1/4 × 18 7/8 in. (84.5 × 47.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mary Babbott Ladd, Lydia Babbott Stokes, and Frank L. Babbott, Jr. in memory of their father Frank L. Babbott, 34.842 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 34.842_detail02_PS22.jpg)

Lorenzo Monaco (Italian, School of Florence, ca. 1370/71–1424). <em>Madonna of Humility</em>, ca. 1415–1420. Tempera and tooled gold on panel with engaged frame, 33 1/4 × 18 7/8 in. (84.5 × 47.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mary Babbott Ladd, Lydia Babbott Stokes, and Frank L. Babbott, Jr. in memory of their father Frank L. Babbott, 34.842 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 34.842_detail03_PS22.jpg)

Lorenzo Monaco (Italian, School of Florence, ca. 1370/71–1424). Madonna of Humility, ca. 1415–1420. Tempera and tooled gold on panel with engaged frame, 33 1/4 × 18 7/8 in. (84.5 × 47.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mary Babbott Ladd, Lydia Babbott Stokes, and Frank L. Babbott, Jr. in memory of their father Frank L. Babbott, 34.842 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 34.842_detail03_PS22.jpg)

Lorenzo Monaco (Italian, School of Florence, ca. 1370/71–1424). <em>Madonna of Humility</em>, ca. 1415–1420. Tempera and tooled gold on panel with engaged frame, 33 1/4 × 18 7/8 in. (84.5 × 47.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mary Babbott Ladd, Lydia Babbott Stokes, and Frank L. Babbott, Jr. in memory of their father Frank L. Babbott, 34.842 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 34.842_detail04_PS22.jpg)

Lorenzo Monaco (Italian, School of Florence, ca. 1370/71–1424). Madonna of Humility, ca. 1415–1420. Tempera and tooled gold on panel with engaged frame, 33 1/4 × 18 7/8 in. (84.5 × 47.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mary Babbott Ladd, Lydia Babbott Stokes, and Frank L. Babbott, Jr. in memory of their father Frank L. Babbott, 34.842 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 34.842_detail04_PS22.jpg)

Lorenzo Monaco (Italian, School of Florence, ca. 1370/71–1424). <em>Madonna of Humility</em>, ca. 1415–1420. Tempera and tooled gold on panel with engaged frame, 33 1/4 × 18 7/8 in. (84.5 × 47.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mary Babbott Ladd, Lydia Babbott Stokes, and Frank L. Babbott, Jr. in memory of their father Frank L. Babbott, 34.842 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 34.842_detail05_PS22.jpg)

Lorenzo Monaco (Italian, School of Florence, ca. 1370/71–1424). Madonna of Humility, ca. 1415–1420. Tempera and tooled gold on panel with engaged frame, 33 1/4 × 18 7/8 in. (84.5 × 47.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mary Babbott Ladd, Lydia Babbott Stokes, and Frank L. Babbott, Jr. in memory of their father Frank L. Babbott, 34.842 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 34.842_detail05_PS22.jpg)

Lorenzo Monaco (Italian, School of Florence, ca. 1370/71–1424). <em>Madonna of Humility</em>, ca. 1415–1420. Tempera and tooled gold on panel with engaged frame, 33 1/4 × 18 7/8 in. (84.5 × 47.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mary Babbott Ladd, Lydia Babbott Stokes, and Frank L. Babbott, Jr. in memory of their father Frank L. Babbott, 34.842 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 34.842_detail06_PS22.jpg)

Lorenzo Monaco (Italian, School of Florence, ca. 1370/71–1424). Madonna of Humility, ca. 1415–1420. Tempera and tooled gold on panel with engaged frame, 33 1/4 × 18 7/8 in. (84.5 × 47.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mary Babbott Ladd, Lydia Babbott Stokes, and Frank L. Babbott, Jr. in memory of their father Frank L. Babbott, 34.842 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 34.842_detail06_PS22.jpg)

Lorenzo Monaco (Italian, School of Florence, ca. 1370/71–1424). <em>Madonna of Humility</em>, ca. 1415–1420. Tempera and tooled gold on panel with engaged frame, 33 1/4 × 18 7/8 in. (84.5 × 47.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mary Babbott Ladd, Lydia Babbott Stokes, and Frank L. Babbott, Jr. in memory of their father Frank L. Babbott, 34.842 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 34.842_detail07_PS22.jpg)

Lorenzo Monaco (Italian, School of Florence, ca. 1370/71–1424). Madonna of Humility, ca. 1415–1420. Tempera and tooled gold on panel with engaged frame, 33 1/4 × 18 7/8 in. (84.5 × 47.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mary Babbott Ladd, Lydia Babbott Stokes, and Frank L. Babbott, Jr. in memory of their father Frank L. Babbott, 34.842 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 34.842_detail07_PS22.jpg)

Lorenzo Monaco (Italian, School of Florence, ca. 1370/71–1424). <em>Madonna of Humility</em>, ca. 1415–1420. Tempera and tooled gold on panel with engaged frame, 33 1/4 × 18 7/8 in. (84.5 × 47.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mary Babbott Ladd, Lydia Babbott Stokes, and Frank L. Babbott, Jr. in memory of their father Frank L. Babbott, 34.842 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 34.842_detail08_PS22.jpg)

Lorenzo Monaco (Italian, School of Florence, ca. 1370/71–1424). Madonna of Humility, ca. 1415–1420. Tempera and tooled gold on panel with engaged frame, 33 1/4 × 18 7/8 in. (84.5 × 47.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mary Babbott Ladd, Lydia Babbott Stokes, and Frank L. Babbott, Jr. in memory of their father Frank L. Babbott, 34.842 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 34.842_detail08_PS22.jpg)

Lorenzo Monaco (Italian, School of Florence, ca. 1370/71–1424). <em>Madonna of Humility</em>, ca. 1415–1420. Tempera and tooled gold on panel with engaged frame, 33 1/4 × 18 7/8 in. (84.5 × 47.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mary Babbott Ladd, Lydia Babbott Stokes, and Frank L. Babbott, Jr. in memory of their father Frank L. Babbott, 34.842 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 34.842_detail09_PS22.jpg)

Lorenzo Monaco (Italian, School of Florence, ca. 1370/71–1424). Madonna of Humility, ca. 1415–1420. Tempera and tooled gold on panel with engaged frame, 33 1/4 × 18 7/8 in. (84.5 × 47.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mary Babbott Ladd, Lydia Babbott Stokes, and Frank L. Babbott, Jr. in memory of their father Frank L. Babbott, 34.842 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 34.842_detail09_PS22.jpg)

Lorenzo Monaco (Italian, School of Florence, ca. 1370/71–1424). <em>Madonna of Humility</em>, ca. 1415–1420. Tempera and tooled gold on panel with engaged frame, 33 1/4 × 18 7/8 in. (84.5 × 47.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mary Babbott Ladd, Lydia Babbott Stokes, and Frank L. Babbott, Jr. in memory of their father Frank L. Babbott, 34.842 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 34.842_detail10_PS22.jpg)

Lorenzo Monaco (Italian, School of Florence, ca. 1370/71–1424). Madonna of Humility, ca. 1415–1420. Tempera and tooled gold on panel with engaged frame, 33 1/4 × 18 7/8 in. (84.5 × 47.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mary Babbott Ladd, Lydia Babbott Stokes, and Frank L. Babbott, Jr. in memory of their father Frank L. Babbott, 34.842 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 34.842_detail10_PS22.jpg)

Lorenzo Monaco (Italian, School of Florence, ca. 1370/71–1424). <em>Madonna of Humility</em>, ca. 1415–1420. Tempera and tooled gold on panel with engaged frame, 33 1/4 × 18 7/8 in. (84.5 × 47.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mary Babbott Ladd, Lydia Babbott Stokes, and Frank L. Babbott, Jr. in memory of their father Frank L. Babbott, 34.842 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 34.842_detail11_PS22.jpg)

Lorenzo Monaco (Italian, School of Florence, ca. 1370/71–1424). Madonna of Humility, ca. 1415–1420. Tempera and tooled gold on panel with engaged frame, 33 1/4 × 18 7/8 in. (84.5 × 47.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mary Babbott Ladd, Lydia Babbott Stokes, and Frank L. Babbott, Jr. in memory of their father Frank L. Babbott, 34.842 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 34.842_detail11_PS22.jpg)

Lorenzo Monaco (Italian, School of Florence, ca. 1370/71–1424). <em>Madonna of Humility</em>, ca. 1415–1420. Tempera and tooled gold on panel with engaged frame, 33 1/4 × 18 7/8 in. (84.5 × 47.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mary Babbott Ladd, Lydia Babbott Stokes, and Frank L. Babbott, Jr. in memory of their father Frank L. Babbott, 34.842 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 34.842_detail12_PS22.jpg)

Lorenzo Monaco (Italian, School of Florence, ca. 1370/71–1424). Madonna of Humility, ca. 1415–1420. Tempera and tooled gold on panel with engaged frame, 33 1/4 × 18 7/8 in. (84.5 × 47.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mary Babbott Ladd, Lydia Babbott Stokes, and Frank L. Babbott, Jr. in memory of their father Frank L. Babbott, 34.842 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 34.842_detail12_PS22.jpg)

Lorenzo Monaco (Italian, School of Florence, ca. 1370/71–1424). <em>Madonna of Humility</em>, ca. 1415–1420. Tempera and tooled gold on panel with engaged frame, 33 1/4 × 18 7/8 in. (84.5 × 47.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mary Babbott Ladd, Lydia Babbott Stokes, and Frank L. Babbott, Jr. in memory of their father Frank L. Babbott, 34.842 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 34.842_detail13_PS22.jpg)

Lorenzo Monaco (Italian, School of Florence, ca. 1370/71–1424). Madonna of Humility, ca. 1415–1420. Tempera and tooled gold on panel with engaged frame, 33 1/4 × 18 7/8 in. (84.5 × 47.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mary Babbott Ladd, Lydia Babbott Stokes, and Frank L. Babbott, Jr. in memory of their father Frank L. Babbott, 34.842 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 34.842_detail13_PS22.jpg)

Lorenzo Monaco (Italian, School of Florence, ca. 1370/71–1424). <em>Madonna of Humility</em>, ca. 1415–1420. Tempera and tooled gold on panel with engaged frame, 33 1/4 × 18 7/8 in. (84.5 × 47.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mary Babbott Ladd, Lydia Babbott Stokes, and Frank L. Babbott, Jr. in memory of their father Frank L. Babbott, 34.842 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 34.842_detail14_PS22.jpg)

Lorenzo Monaco (Italian, School of Florence, ca. 1370/71–1424). Madonna of Humility, ca. 1415–1420. Tempera and tooled gold on panel with engaged frame, 33 1/4 × 18 7/8 in. (84.5 × 47.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mary Babbott Ladd, Lydia Babbott Stokes, and Frank L. Babbott, Jr. in memory of their father Frank L. Babbott, 34.842 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 34.842_detail14_PS22.jpg)

Lorenzo Monaco (Italian, School of Florence, ca. 1370/71–1424). <em>Madonna of Humility</em>, ca. 1415–1420. Tempera and tooled gold on panel with engaged frame, 33 1/4 × 18 7/8 in. (84.5 × 47.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mary Babbott Ladd, Lydia Babbott Stokes, and Frank L. Babbott, Jr. in memory of their father Frank L. Babbott, 34.842 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 34.842_detail15_PS22.jpg)

Lorenzo Monaco (Italian, School of Florence, ca. 1370/71–1424). Madonna of Humility, ca. 1415–1420. Tempera and tooled gold on panel with engaged frame, 33 1/4 × 18 7/8 in. (84.5 × 47.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mary Babbott Ladd, Lydia Babbott Stokes, and Frank L. Babbott, Jr. in memory of their father Frank L. Babbott, 34.842 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 34.842_detail15_PS22.jpg)

Lorenzo Monaco (Italian, School of Florence, ca. 1370/71–1424). <em>Madonna of Humility</em>, ca. 1415–1420. Tempera and tooled gold on panel with engaged frame, 33 1/4 × 18 7/8 in. (84.5 × 47.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mary Babbott Ladd, Lydia Babbott Stokes, and Frank L. Babbott, Jr. in memory of their father Frank L. Babbott, 34.842 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 34.842_detail16_PS22.jpg)

Lorenzo Monaco (Italian, School of Florence, ca. 1370/71–1424). Madonna of Humility, ca. 1415–1420. Tempera and tooled gold on panel with engaged frame, 33 1/4 × 18 7/8 in. (84.5 × 47.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mary Babbott Ladd, Lydia Babbott Stokes, and Frank L. Babbott, Jr. in memory of their father Frank L. Babbott, 34.842 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 34.842_detail16_PS22.jpg)

Lorenzo Monaco (Italian, School of Florence, ca. 1370/71–1424). <em>Madonna of Humility</em>, ca. 1415–1420. Tempera and tooled gold on panel with engaged frame, 33 1/4 × 18 7/8 in. (84.5 × 47.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mary Babbott Ladd, Lydia Babbott Stokes, and Frank L. Babbott, Jr. in memory of their father Frank L. Babbott, 34.842 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 34.842_detail17_PS22.jpg)

Lorenzo Monaco (Italian, School of Florence, ca. 1370/71–1424). Madonna of Humility, ca. 1415–1420. Tempera and tooled gold on panel with engaged frame, 33 1/4 × 18 7/8 in. (84.5 × 47.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mary Babbott Ladd, Lydia Babbott Stokes, and Frank L. Babbott, Jr. in memory of their father Frank L. Babbott, 34.842 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 34.842_detail17_PS22.jpg)

Lorenzo Monaco (Italian, School of Florence, ca. 1370/71–1424). <em>Madonna of Humility</em>, ca. 1415–1420. Tempera and tooled gold on panel with engaged frame, 33 1/4 × 18 7/8 in. (84.5 × 47.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mary Babbott Ladd, Lydia Babbott Stokes, and Frank L. Babbott, Jr. in memory of their father Frank L. Babbott, 34.842 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 34.842_detail18_PS22.jpg)

Lorenzo Monaco (Italian, School of Florence, ca. 1370/71–1424). Madonna of Humility, ca. 1415–1420. Tempera and tooled gold on panel with engaged frame, 33 1/4 × 18 7/8 in. (84.5 × 47.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mary Babbott Ladd, Lydia Babbott Stokes, and Frank L. Babbott, Jr. in memory of their father Frank L. Babbott, 34.842 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 34.842_detail18_PS22.jpg)

Lorenzo Monaco (Italian, School of Florence, ca. 1370/71–1424). <em>Madonna of Humility</em>, ca. 1415–1420. Tempera and tooled gold on panel with engaged frame, 33 1/4 × 18 7/8 in. (84.5 × 47.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mary Babbott Ladd, Lydia Babbott Stokes, and Frank L. Babbott, Jr. in memory of their father Frank L. Babbott, 34.842 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 34.842_detail19_PS22.jpg)

Lorenzo Monaco (Italian, School of Florence, ca. 1370/71–1424). Madonna of Humility, ca. 1415–1420. Tempera and tooled gold on panel with engaged frame, 33 1/4 × 18 7/8 in. (84.5 × 47.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mary Babbott Ladd, Lydia Babbott Stokes, and Frank L. Babbott, Jr. in memory of their father Frank L. Babbott, 34.842 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 34.842_detail19_PS22.jpg)

Lorenzo Monaco (Italian, School of Florence, ca. 1370/71–1424). <em>Madonna of Humility</em>, ca. 1415–1420. Tempera and tooled gold on panel with engaged frame, 33 1/4 × 18 7/8 in. (84.5 × 47.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mary Babbott Ladd, Lydia Babbott Stokes, and Frank L. Babbott, Jr. in memory of their father Frank L. Babbott, 34.842 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 34.842_detail20_PS22.jpg)

Lorenzo Monaco (Italian, School of Florence, ca. 1370/71–1424). Madonna of Humility, ca. 1415–1420. Tempera and tooled gold on panel with engaged frame, 33 1/4 × 18 7/8 in. (84.5 × 47.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mary Babbott Ladd, Lydia Babbott Stokes, and Frank L. Babbott, Jr. in memory of their father Frank L. Babbott, 34.842 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 34.842_detail20_PS22.jpg)

Lorenzo Monaco (Italian, School of Florence, ca. 1370/71–1424). <em>Madonna of Humility</em>, ca. 1415–1420. Tempera and tooled gold on panel with engaged frame, 33 1/4 × 18 7/8 in. (84.5 × 47.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mary Babbott Ladd, Lydia Babbott Stokes, and Frank L. Babbott, Jr. in memory of their father Frank L. Babbott, 34.842 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 34.842_detail21_PS22.jpg)

Lorenzo Monaco (Italian, School of Florence, ca. 1370/71–1424). Madonna of Humility, ca. 1415–1420. Tempera and tooled gold on panel with engaged frame, 33 1/4 × 18 7/8 in. (84.5 × 47.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mary Babbott Ladd, Lydia Babbott Stokes, and Frank L. Babbott, Jr. in memory of their father Frank L. Babbott, 34.842 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 34.842_detail21_PS22.jpg)

Lorenzo Monaco (Italian, School of Florence, ca. 1370/71–1424). <em>Madonna of Humility</em>, ca. 1415–1420. Tempera and tooled gold on panel with engaged frame, 33 1/4 × 18 7/8 in. (84.5 × 47.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mary Babbott Ladd, Lydia Babbott Stokes, and Frank L. Babbott, Jr. in memory of their father Frank L. Babbott, 34.842 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 34.842_detail22_PS22.jpg)

Lorenzo Monaco (Italian, School of Florence, ca. 1370/71–1424). Madonna of Humility, ca. 1415–1420. Tempera and tooled gold on panel with engaged frame, 33 1/4 × 18 7/8 in. (84.5 × 47.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mary Babbott Ladd, Lydia Babbott Stokes, and Frank L. Babbott, Jr. in memory of their father Frank L. Babbott, 34.842 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 34.842_detail22_PS22.jpg)

Lorenzo Monaco (Italian, School of Florence, ca. 1370/71–1424). <em>Madonna of Humility</em>, ca. 1415–1420. Tempera and tooled gold on panel with engaged frame, 33 1/4 × 18 7/8 in. (84.5 × 47.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mary Babbott Ladd, Lydia Babbott Stokes, and Frank L. Babbott, Jr. in memory of their father Frank L. Babbott, 34.842 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 34.842_detail23_PS22.jpg)

Lorenzo Monaco (Italian, School of Florence, ca. 1370/71–1424). Madonna of Humility, ca. 1415–1420. Tempera and tooled gold on panel with engaged frame, 33 1/4 × 18 7/8 in. (84.5 × 47.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mary Babbott Ladd, Lydia Babbott Stokes, and Frank L. Babbott, Jr. in memory of their father Frank L. Babbott, 34.842 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 34.842_detail23_PS22.jpg)

Lorenzo Monaco (Italian, School of Florence, ca. 1370/71–1424). <em>Madonna of Humility</em>, ca. 1415–1420. Tempera and tooled gold on panel with engaged frame, 33 1/4 × 18 7/8 in. (84.5 × 47.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mary Babbott Ladd, Lydia Babbott Stokes, and Frank L. Babbott, Jr. in memory of their father Frank L. Babbott, 34.842 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 34.842_detail24_PS22.jpg)

Lorenzo Monaco (Italian, School of Florence, ca. 1370/71–1424). Madonna of Humility, ca. 1415–1420. Tempera and tooled gold on panel with engaged frame, 33 1/4 × 18 7/8 in. (84.5 × 47.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mary Babbott Ladd, Lydia Babbott Stokes, and Frank L. Babbott, Jr. in memory of their father Frank L. Babbott, 34.842 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 34.842_detail24_PS22.jpg)

Lorenzo Monaco (Italian, School of Florence, ca. 1370/71–1424). <em>Madonna of Humility</em>, ca. 1415–1420. Tempera and tooled gold on panel with engaged frame, 33 1/4 × 18 7/8 in. (84.5 × 47.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mary Babbott Ladd, Lydia Babbott Stokes, and Frank L. Babbott, Jr. in memory of their father Frank L. Babbott, 34.842 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 34.842_detail25_PS22.jpg)

Lorenzo Monaco (Italian, School of Florence, ca. 1370/71–1424). Madonna of Humility, ca. 1415–1420. Tempera and tooled gold on panel with engaged frame, 33 1/4 × 18 7/8 in. (84.5 × 47.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mary Babbott Ladd, Lydia Babbott Stokes, and Frank L. Babbott, Jr. in memory of their father Frank L. Babbott, 34.842 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 34.842_detail25_PS22.jpg)

Lorenzo Monaco (Italian, School of Florence, ca. 1370/71–1424). <em>Madonna of Humility</em>, ca. 1415–1420. Tempera and tooled gold on panel with engaged frame, 33 1/4 × 18 7/8 in. (84.5 × 47.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mary Babbott Ladd, Lydia Babbott Stokes, and Frank L. Babbott, Jr. in memory of their father Frank L. Babbott, 34.842 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 34.842_detail26_black_PS22.jpg)

Lorenzo Monaco (Italian, School of Florence, ca. 1370/71–1424). Madonna of Humility, ca. 1415–1420. Tempera and tooled gold on panel with engaged frame, 33 1/4 × 18 7/8 in. (84.5 × 47.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mary Babbott Ladd, Lydia Babbott Stokes, and Frank L. Babbott, Jr. in memory of their father Frank L. Babbott, 34.842 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 34.842_detail26_black_PS22.jpg)

Lorenzo Monaco (Italian, School of Florence, ca. 1370/71–1424). <em>Madonna of Humility</em>, ca. 1415–1420. Tempera and tooled gold on panel with engaged frame, 33 1/4 × 18 7/8 in. (84.5 × 47.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mary Babbott Ladd, Lydia Babbott Stokes, and Frank L. Babbott, Jr. in memory of their father Frank L. Babbott, 34.842 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 34.842_detail27_black_PS22.jpg)

Lorenzo Monaco (Italian, School of Florence, ca. 1370/71–1424). Madonna of Humility, ca. 1415–1420. Tempera and tooled gold on panel with engaged frame, 33 1/4 × 18 7/8 in. (84.5 × 47.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mary Babbott Ladd, Lydia Babbott Stokes, and Frank L. Babbott, Jr. in memory of their father Frank L. Babbott, 34.842 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 34.842_detail27_black_PS22.jpg)

Lorenzo Monaco (Italian, School of Florence, ca. 1370/71–1424). <em>Madonna of Humility</em>, ca. 1415–1420. Tempera and tooled gold on panel with engaged frame, 33 1/4 × 18 7/8 in. (84.5 × 47.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mary Babbott Ladd, Lydia Babbott Stokes, and Frank L. Babbott, Jr. in memory of their father Frank L. Babbott, 34.842 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 34.842_detail28_black_PS22.jpg)

Lorenzo Monaco (Italian, School of Florence, ca. 1370/71–1424). Madonna of Humility, ca. 1415–1420. Tempera and tooled gold on panel with engaged frame, 33 1/4 × 18 7/8 in. (84.5 × 47.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mary Babbott Ladd, Lydia Babbott Stokes, and Frank L. Babbott, Jr. in memory of their father Frank L. Babbott, 34.842 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 34.842_detail28_black_PS22.jpg)

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Madonna of Humility

Lorenzo Monaco

European Art

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According to medieval theology, humility was the source of all virtues, an appropriate metaphor for Mary as the Mother of God. In Lorenzo Monaco’s devotional painting Mary is depicted as the Madonna of Humility, seated not on a throne but on a cushion resting on a marble pavement. Pictures like this were in high demand in Florence, and Monaco made several similar versions of this composition, likely for private patrons.
ARTIST Lorenzo Monaco, Italian, School of Florence, ca. 1370/71–1424
MEDIUM Tempera and tooled gold on panel with engaged frame
  • Place Made: Italy
    • DATES ca. 1415–1420
    DIMENSIONS 33 1/4 × 18 7/8 in. (84.5 × 47.9 cm) frame (body/frame/object): 45 3/4 × 26 3/4 × 5 3/4 in. (116.2 × 67.9 × 14.6 cm) wallmount (as prepared in 2024 upon display and handling board): 52 × 32 in. (132.1 × 81.3 cm)  (show scale)
    INSCRIPTIONS On base of frame: "AVE MARIA GRATIA PLENA D." [Hail Mary Full of Grace]
    COLLECTIONS European Art
    ACCESSION NUMBER 34.842
    CREDIT LINE Gift of Mary Babbott Ladd, Lydia Babbott Stokes, and Frank L. Babbott, Jr. in memory of their father Frank L. Babbott
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    MUSEUM LOCATION This item is not on view
    CAPTION Lorenzo Monaco (Italian, School of Florence, ca. 1370/71–1424). Madonna of Humility, ca. 1415–1420. Tempera and tooled gold on panel with engaged frame, 33 1/4 × 18 7/8 in. (84.5 × 47.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mary Babbott Ladd, Lydia Babbott Stokes, and Frank L. Babbott, Jr. in memory of their father Frank L. Babbott, 34.842 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 34.842_overall_black_PS22.jpg)
    IMAGE overall, 34.842_overall_black_PS22.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2024
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    Lorenzo Monaco (Italian, School of Florence, ca. 1370/71–1424). <em>Madonna of Humility</em>, ca. 1415–1420. Tempera and tooled gold on panel with engaged frame, 33 1/4 × 18 7/8 in. (84.5 × 47.9 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mary Babbott Ladd, Lydia Babbott Stokes, and Frank L. Babbott, Jr. in memory of their father Frank L. Babbott, 34.842 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 34.842_overall_black_PS22.jpg)

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    TAGS

    european
    gold ground
    tooling
    Virgin Mary
    Jesus
    devotion
    mother and child
    herald
    refined
    religious
    Babbott
    Mary
    Madonna with Child
    icon
    madonna
    Florentine
    Christianity
    Christ Child
    Gold
    Halo
    Religious Art
    marbling
    attenuated
    humility
    cushion
    coat of arms
    Virgin
    renaissance
    tempera

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