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Artist/Maker
Fra Angelico
(Italian, 1395 – 1455)
Publisher
Fratelli Alinari Fotografi Editori
(Italian, founded 1852)
Photographer
Unknown artist
Date1875-1900
MediumAlbumen print
DimensionsOverall: 10 1/8 × 7 3/8 in. (25.7 × 18.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of James Garfinkel, Class of 1980; Transferred from the Art History Department
Object numberS2018.2.176
Not on view
DescriptionPhotograph of one of the angels on the Linaioli Tabernacle (c. 1433) by Beato Angelico. Located at the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Italy.
The altarpiece called Linaioli Tabernacle was executed for the Arte dei Linaioli (Guild of Flaxmakers). The central panel depicting the Madonna and the Child is surrounded by a band of 20 cm width which contains 12 angels playing different musical instruments. This band can be seen only when the tabernacle is open. These angels are among the most famous and most popular paintings of Fra Angelico (Source : https://www.wga.hu/html_m/a/angelico/02/3angel1.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. 661. FIRENZE - R. Galleria Uffizi. Un Angelo del Tabernacolo. (B. Angelico.) / RIPRODUZIONE INTERDETTA"
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Medium: Albumen print
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