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The Crucifixion, Fra Angelico. Fra Angelico, 1441-43. Fresco, 216.6 x 374 in. (550 x 950 cm.) Convent of San Marco, Florence. Jesus is pictured as in most 15th-century Crucifixion images, his eyes closed in death and the weight of his body making his arms sag.
This damaged but poignant picture was painted in the 1440s, when Fra Angelico and his workshop were decorating the convent of San Marco in Florence with a cycle of frescoes financed by Cosimo de'Medici.
On the walls of the priory of San Marco in Florence are the paintings that mark the high point of Fra Angelico's career. Conceived and executed simply as aids to meditation and prayer, they have taken their place among the most exhilarating masterpieces of Western art.
The San Marco Altarpiece (also known as Madonna and Saints) is a painting by the Italian early Renaissance painter Fra Angelico, housed in the San Marco Museum of Florence, Italy. It was commissioned by Cosimo de' Medici the Elder, and was completed sometime between 1438 and 1443.
Fra Angelico (Guido di Pietro) Italian. ca. 1420–23. On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 603. This early work by Fra Angelico, likely made for private devotion, accentuates the drama of Christ’s Crucifixion.
In 1435, the Dominican community in Fiesole to which Fra Angelico belonged took possession of the convent of San Marco in Florence. The climax of his artistic career came three years later with the commission from Cosimo de’ Medici to fresco the cloister, chapter house, refectory, and dormitory cells and corridors of the renovated convent.
25 de ene. de 2024 · Reflecting this theme is the Chapter House’s masterpiece — Fra Angelico’s stunning The Crucifixion with Saints. It’s nothing less than epic. It occupies the entire wall opposite the entrance. The fresco is a brightly colored semicircle about thirty feet wide.
