1878
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Copy after St Lawrence befor the Emperor and Martyrdom of St Lawrence, Fra Angelico in the Niccoline Chapel (Vatican, Rome) is a 1878 watercolor by Fra Angelico, a Early Renaissance work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This watercolor shows a scene from an old story. A man stands before a powerful ruler. The man’s calm face contrasts with the ruler’s angry expression. It copies a much older fresco by Fra Angelico painted in a Vatican chapel. The copy was made in 1878 to share the Renaissance artist’s work. Many people couldn’t travel to see it, so copies like this helped spread his fame. If you like this quiet drama, check out Fra Angelico’s original frescoes.
The watercolour reproduces two scenes from Fra Angelico’s Niccoline Chapel frescoes in the Vatican. On the left, Saint Lawrence stands before Emperor Valerian, identified by a flaming halo, while attendants observe; on the right, figures strike the saint with rods as he lies over a gridiron. Painted in 1878 by Eduard Kaiser for the Arundel Society, the work reflects nineteenth-century interest in early Italian art and the lives of early Christian martyrs.
Read the full account in the museum source.
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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