1878
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Copy after St Stephen preaching and St Stephen before the Council, 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 two scenes of Saint Stephen at once. On the left, he preaches to a crowd. On the right, he stands before a council, calm but accused. Eduard Kaiser copied Fra Angelico’s 1400s frescoes in 1878. The Arundel Society later spread these images, helping people see early Italian art. If you like this, look up Fra Angelico next.
The arched-top watercolour depicts two scenes from the life of Saint Stephen. On the left, he appears in a yellow robe, preaching to a seated audience with buildings in the background, while on the right, he addresses a group indoors, separated from the first scene by a column. The work is a 1878 copy by Eduard Kaiser of Fra Angelico’s frescoes in the Niccoline Chapel, painted between 1447 and 1451 for Pope Nicholas V. The original frescoes illustrate the lives of early Christian martyrs, reflecting the Pope’s political and religious aims during a period of church schism.
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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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