The Madonna of Humility with the Temptation of Eve, c. 1400. Olivuccio di Ciccarello (Italian, Marche, 1360/65-1439). Tempera and gold on wood panel; framed: 191.5 x 99 x 11 cm (75 3/8 x 39 x 4 5/16 in.); unframed: 181.5 x 88.6 cm (71 7/16 x 34 7/8 in.). The Madonna is seated humbly on the ground nursing her child. Saint George and the Archangels Gabriel and Michael kneel nearby, while Christs disciples appear radiating from the Madonnas halo in the form of stars. In contrast with the Virgins purity, Eve lies in the lower part of the painting. Coaxed by the serpent, she raises the forbidden fruit to her mouth, thus condemning humankind through her original sin. The juxtaposition of these two images affirms the Incarnation and the role of Christ and the Virgin in the redemption story. The deep scratches on the surface of the panel, especially on the serpents face and Eves wrist, likely resulted from a zealous Christians symbolic attack on the power of evil. The artist, Olivuccio