Skip to main content
Artist/Maker
Fra Angelico
(Italian, 1395 – 1455)
Publisher
Fratelli Alinari Fotografi Editori
(Italian, founded 1852)
Photographer
Unknown artist
Date1875-1900
MediumAlbumen print
DimensionsOverall: 9 5/8 × 7 3/8 in. (24.4 × 18.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of James Garfinkel, Class of 1980; Transferred from the Art History Department
Object numberS2018.2.162
Not on view
DescriptionPhotograph of a scene from the panel "Scenes from the Life of Christ" by Beato Angelico. Located in Museo di San Marco, Florence, Italy.
The scenes on this panel:
Raising of Lazarus
Entry into Jerusalem
Last Supper
Payment of Judas
Washing of the Feet
Institution of the Eucharist
Prayer in the Garden
Judas's Betrayal
Capture of Christ
Christ before Caiafas
Mocking of Christ
Christ at the Column
Latin texts from the Old and New testaments are inscribed on scrolls unfurled above and below the episodes. They were added later, not by Angelico, when all of the scenes were complete. (Source : https://www.wga.hu/frames-e.html?/html/a/angelico/11/2armadio.html, accessed 6/19/2023)
Collections
Additional Details
Provenance
2018: Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, by transfer from the Art History Department;
likely by 1985 - 2018: Hamilton College (Art History department), by gift of James Garfinkel;
c. 1981-85: James Garfinkel, likely by purchase at auction in London.
likely by 1985 - 2018: Hamilton College (Art History department), by gift of James Garfinkel;
c. 1981-85: James Garfinkel, likely by purchase at auction in London.
Inscribed
Recto, lower center margin: "(Ed. Alinari) P. 2. N. 1547. FIRENZE - R. Galleria Antica e Moderna. La Resurrezione di Lazzaro. (Beato Angelico)."
Raphael
Date: 1875-1900
Medium: Albumen print
Object number: S2018.2.617
Fra Angelico
Date: late 19th century
Medium: Albumen print
Object number: S2018.2.308
Paolo Salviati
Date: late 19th century
Medium: Albumen print
Object number: S2018.2.257
Michael Rakowitz
Date: 2020
Medium: Middle Eastern food packaging, Arabic-language U.S. newspapers, and glue, on panel, with accompanying didactic information
Object number: 2021.5.1
Date: c. 883-859 BCE
Medium: Gypsum with remnants of red pigment
Object number: 1868.5
Graham Sutherland
Date: 1946
Medium: Double-sided painting: ink and gouache (recto); gouache (verso) on board
Object number: 1991.217a-b
Fra Angelico
Date: 1875-1900
Medium: Albumen print
Object number: S2018.2.173
Fra Angelico
Date: 1875-1900
Medium: Albumen print
Object number: S2018.2.174
Fra Angelico
Date: 1875-1900
Medium: Albumen print
Object number: S2018.2.175