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Madonna of Humility, tempera on panel by Fra Angelico, c. 1440; in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
The Linaiuoli Altarpiece was commissioned for and painted for the linen merchants’ guild of Florence, known as the Arte dei Linaiuoli.1
Dated July 11, 1433, the work is a large triptych enclosed within a marble shrine designed by the sculptor Lorenzo Ghiberti.1