1860
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
Copy after Christ and Mary Magdalene in the Garden, Fra Angelico in the Museo di San Marco (Florence) is a 1860 watercolor by Fra Angelico, a Impressionism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This watercolor shows Christ and Mary Magdalene in a quiet garden. Soft light falls on their robes. The background is simple. Their postures feel calm and thoughtful. It’s a copy made in the 1800s. A man named Eduard Kaiser painted it after Fra Angelico’s famous frescoes. The Arundel Society wanted to share Renaissance art with more people. Look up Angelico, Fra to see the original frescoes in Florence.
A watercolour copy by Eduard Kaiser after Fra Angelico’s fresco *Christ and Mary Magdalene in the Garden* depicts Christ in a white robe standing beside a cave, while Mary Magdalene kneels at his feet in a pink-red dress. Created for the Arundel Society in 1860, the work was later reproduced as a chromolithograph in 1870. The original fresco, part of Fra Angelico’s 1440s decoration of the Convento di San Marco in Florence, reflects his characteristic use of light and color. The Arundel Society’s project aimed to disseminate knowledge of Renaissance art, particularly early Italian masters,…
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Fra Giovanni da Fiesole (born Guido di Pietro; c. 1395 – 18 February 1455), known posthumously as Fra Angelico ( FRAH an-JEL-ik-oh, Italian: ), was an Italian Dominican friar and painter active during the early…
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