LIPPO DI DALMASIO
(b. ca. 1350, Bologna, d. 1410, Bologna)

Madonna of Humility (detail)

c. 1390
Egg tempera on canvas
National Gallery, London

The Virgin is wrapping the same red-coloured fabric as her dress around the Child, who rests one arm on her shoulder, the other reaching for her veil as they gaze into each other's eyes.