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Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
Preferred Title:
Bosco ai Frati Altarpiece
Alternate Title:
Virgin and Child Enthroned with Two Angels and SS Anthony of Padua, Louis of Toulouse, Francis, Cosmas, Damian and Peter Martyr
Image View:
Detail, predella panel with Christ (Man of Sorrows) flanked by Saints Dominic, Bernardino of Siena, Peter, Paul, Jerome, and Benedict
Creator:
Fra Angelico (Italian painter, ca. 1400-1455)
Location:
repository: Museo di San Marco (Florence, Tuscany, Italy) Inv. 1890 nn. 8503, 8507
Location Note:
Convent of San Marco, Pilgrim Room
GPS:
43.778198 11.259329
Date:
ca. 1450 (creation)
Cultural Context:
Italian
Style Period:
Fifteenth century; Renaissance
Work Type 1:
altarpiece
Work Type 2:
panel painting
Classification:
Paintings
Material:
tempera and gold leaf on wood panel
Technique:
gilding (technique); painting and painting techniques
Measurements:
174 cm (height) x 173 cm (width)
Subjects:
New Testament; saints; Franciscans; Medici, Cosimo de', 1389-1464
Description:
By early 1450 Fra Angelico had returned to Tuscany from Rome to assume the priorate of S Domenico, Fiesole, for the standard period of two years. The altarpiece depicting the Virgin and Child Enthroned with Two Angels and SS Anthony of Padua, Louis of Toulouse, Francis, Cosmas, Damian and Peter Martyr, commissioned by Cosimo de’ Medici for the Observant Franciscans of S Bonaventura, Bosco ai Frati, near Florence (in Mugello), probably dates from this period. Its sumptuous surfaces, grander rhythms and more substantial figures reflect Fra Angelico’s recent Roman experiences. (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordart online.com/)
Collection:
Adjunct Module B: Italian Art
Identifier:
7A1-FA-CSM-BFA-A03
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Bosco ai Frati Altarpiece