Christ on the Cross, with the Virgin and Saints Mary Magdalene, John the Evangelist, Monica(?), Augustine(?), Peter Martyr, Thomas Aquinas, Francis, and Elizabeth of Hungary(?), ca. 1453–54
Fra Angelico (Italian, 1390/95–1455)
Tempera on panel; 13 3/8 x 19 3/4 in. (33.9 x 50.1 cm)
Bequest of Benjamin Altman, 1913 (14.40.628)
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Fra Angelico (Italian, 1390/95–1455)
Tempera on panel; 13 3/8 x 19 3/4 in. (33.9 x 50.1 cm)
Bequest of Benjamin Altman, 1913 (14.40.628)
This panel may have been part of the predella to a late altarpiece by Fra Angelico, possibly one described by early sources as embellishing the high altar of Santa Maria sopra Minerva in Rome, the convent where Fra Angelico spent the last two years of his life and where he is buried. All four of the known panels are considerably damaged yet retain the full majesty of the artist's narrative imagination and his descriptive powers as a painter.
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Related Index Terms
Artist
Material and Technique
Object
Subject Matter/Theme
- • Figure, Biblical
- • Figure, Biblical, New Testament
- • Figure, Biblical, New Testament, Crucifixion
- • Figure, Christ
- • Figure, Saint, organized by geography
- • Figure, Saint, organized by geography, Europe
- • Figure, Saint, organized by geography, Europe, Italian Peninsula
- • Figure, Saint, organized by name
- • Figure, Saint, organized by name, John the Evangelist
- • Figure, Saint, organized by name, Mary Magdalene
- • Figure, Saint, organized by name, Other
