3-083-710 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

Madonna of Humility Crowned by Two Angels, Saints Francis and Dominic, Annunciation and Crucifixion, c1430-40. Recently attributed to Lorenzo di Pietro di Giovanni (1410-1480) who was known from an early age as Vecchietta, or “little old woman” and was prominent as both painter and sculptor in Siena. In this triptych the Virgin holding the Christ child is flanked by St Francis of Assisi to the left and St Dominic to the right. Francis is identified by his brown habit and by the stigmata which can be clearly seen on his hands and feet. Dominic holds a lily, a symbol of the Virgin's chastity and a book-the gospels.