Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
Preferred Title:
Sacra Conversazione
Alternate Title:
Madonna of the Shadows (Madonna delle Ombre)
Image View:
Saints on the right side; far right St. Peter Martyr, next to St. Lawrence with his gridiron
Creator:
Fra Angelico (Italian painter, ca. 1400-1455)
Location:
repository: Museo di San Marco (Florence, Tuscany, Italy)
Location Note:
Convent of San Marco, Dormitory; Piazza San Marco 3
GPS:
43.778198 11.259329
Date:
ca. 1443 (creation)
Cultural Context:
Italian
Style Period:
Fifteenth century; Renaissance
Work Type 1:
fresco (painting)
Classification:
Paintings
Material:
pigment on plaster
Technique:
fresco painting (technique)
Measurements:
195 cm (height) x 273 cm (width)
Subjects:
saints; Dominicans; Jesus Christ; Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint
Description:
The Sacra Conversazione fresco on the wall of the east corridor of the convent is also called Madonna of the Shadows (Madonna delle Ombre). Painted in the corridor off which the brethren's cells open (between cells 25 and 26), this fresco was one of Fra Angelico's last works in San Marco's Dominican Monastery. On the left, St. Dominic engages the beholder's gaze, directing it to his book. The text, which has no known source in his writings, is an exhortation to the friars: "Have charity, preserve humility, possess voluntary poverty. I call forth God's curse and mine on the introduction of possessions into this Order." St. Dominic stands at a distance from St. Mark, as well as from Saints Cosmas and Damian to whom the convent was jointly dedicated. (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordart online.com/)
Collection:
Adjunct Module B: Italian Art
Identifier:
7A1-FA-CSM-SC-A04
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Sacra Conversazione