ANGELICO, Fra (b. ca. 1400, Vicchio nell Mugello, d. 1455, Roma) St Benedict (detail of Crucifixion) 1441-42 Fresco, 550 x 950 cm (full fresco) Convento di San Marco, Florence The main wall of the Chapter Room of the Convent is occupied by a large fresco showing the Crucifixion and saints. The original blue of the background has gone and the red which remaines accentuates the solitary figures which stand out dramatically. The large fresco is in the form of a lunette, with life-size figures. Below, on the right there are eleven saints, one of them St Benedict. *** Keywords: ************
ANGELICO, Fra (b. ca. 1400, Vicchio nell Mugello, d. 1455, Roma) St Benedict (detail of Crucifixion) 1441-42 Fresco, 550 x 950 cm (full fresco) Convento di San Marco, Florence The main wall of the Chapter Room of the Convent is occupied by a large fresco showing the Crucifixion and saints. The original blue of the background has gone and the red which remaines accentuates the solitary figures which stand out dramatically. The large fresco is in the form of a lunette, with life-size figures. Below, on the right there are eleven saints, one of them St Benedict. *** Keywords: ************* Author: ANGELICO, Fra Title: St Benedict (detail of Crucifixion) Time-line: 1401-1450 School: Italian Form: painting Type: religious
Size: 3272px × 3944px
Photo credit: © Carlo Bollo / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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