Masaccio (1401-1428) Desco da parto (Birth plate) c.1423 Tempera on poplar panel, diameter 66 cm Gemäldegalerie, Berlin In the 15th century, it was customary in Florence to give families a so-called birth plate or desco da parto after the birth of…
Angelico, Fra (c.1395-1455) Predella della Pala di San Domenico (Predella of the San Domenico Altarpiece, Fiesole) c.1423–1424 Tempera and gold on panel, 32 x 344 cm National Gallery, London Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York These panels come from the predella (lowest part)…
Angelico, Fra (c.1395-1455) I beati domenicani II (The Dominican Blessed) c.1423–1424 Egg tempera on wood, 31.6 x 21.9 cm National Gallery, London This panel shows the Dominican Blessed, both tertiaries (those who lived in general society rather than a convent, but were…
Angelico, Fra (c.1395-1455) I beati domenicani I (The Dominican Blessed) c.1423–1424 Egg tempera on wood, 31.8 x 21.9 cm National Gallery, London The Dominican Blessed, both friars and nuns, dressed in the distinctive black and white habits of the Dominican Order, are…
Angelico, Fra (c.1395-1455) San Romolo (Saint Romulus) c.1423–1424 Egg tempera on wood, 16 x 15.6 cm National Gallery, London We can piece together who this saint is: his mitre (hat) and crosier (crook) identify him as a bishop, and a faint inscription…
Angelico, Fra (c.1395-1455) I precursori di Cristo con santi e martiri (The Forerunners of Christ with Saints and Martyrs) c.1423–1424 Egg tempera on wood, 31.9 x 63.5 cm National Gallery, London This panel comes from the predella (the lowest part) of an…
Angelico, Fra (c.1395-1455) La Vergine Maria con gli apostoli e gli altri santi (The Virgin Mary with the Apostles and Other Saints) c.1423–1424 Egg tempera on wood, 32 x 64 cm National Gallery, London This panel comes from the predella (the lowest…
Angelico, Fra (c.1395-1455) Cristo glorificato nella corte del cielo (Christ Glorified in the Court of Heaven) c.1423–1424 Egg tempera on wood, 31.7 x 73 cm National Gallery, London Christ, hovering on wispy clouds, is surrounded by angels who sing, dance and play…
Angelico, Fra (c.1395-1455) Crocifissione (The Crucifixion) c.1420–1423 Tempera on wood, gold ground, 63.8 x 48.3 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York This early work by Fra Angelico accentuates the drama of the Crucifixion by showing the Virgin collapsed in grief with…
Rulers: • Juan II, King of Castile and León (1406-1454) Births: • Girón, Pedro (1423-1466) • Manetti, Antonio (1423-1497) Art: • Angelico, Fra (c.1395-1455): Cristo glorificato nella corte del cielo (c.1423-24) • Angelico, Fra (c.1395-1455): Crocifissione (c.1420-23) • Angelico, Fra (c.1395-1455): I beati…