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Copy after The Entombment (Lamentation over the Dead Christ), Fra Angelico in the Museo di San Marco (Florence)
Copy after The Entombment (Lamentation over the Dead Christ), Fra Angelico in the Museo di San Marco (Florence) is a watercolor work on paper by the Impressionist artist Fra Angelico. It is held in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum.
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Overview
This watercolour is a copy of Fra Angelico's fresco, The Entombment, created by Emilio Costantini for the Arundel Society. The original fresco is located in the Convento di San Marco in Florence.
Subject & Meaning
The scene depicts a group of figures, including Mary, lowering Christ's body into a tomb, conveying a sense of sorrow through their facial expressions and body language.
Technique & Style
The watercolour features soft, stained-glass-like colours, characteristic of Fra Angelico's use of colour and light in his frescoes.
History & Provenance
The original fresco was painted by Fra Angelico in the 1440s for the Convento di San Marco, a monastery he was a part of. The watercolour was published as a chromolithograph in 1889 by the Arundel Society, which aimed to promote knowledge of Renaissance art.
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Artist
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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The Lamentation
Entombment
Noli Me Tangere
The Entombment
The Entombment of Christ
Prohodul lui Iisus
Watercolour, copy after A young man introduced to the Liberal Arts, Sandro Botticelli in the Musée du Louvre (Paris)
The Entombment
Entombment of Christ, sketch for a painting