1878
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Copy after The Ordination of St Lawrence, Fra Angelico in the Niccoline Chapel (Vatican, Rome) is a 1878 watercolor by Fra Angelico, a Impressionism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
A priest in red robes is being blessed by a older man with a white beard. People stand in a row, watching the scene in a golden room. This painting is a watercolor copy of a 15th-century fresco made by Fra Angelico. It was painted in 1878 by Eduard Kaiser for the Arundel Society, which helped spread images of old art. The group wanted more people to learn about early Italian painters. Look up the Victoria and Albert Museum to see more copies like this one. (Word count: 98)
Watercolour copy by Eduard Kaiser, completed in 1878, reproduces Fra Angelico’s fresco *The Ordination of St Lawrence* from the Niccoline Chapel in the Vatican. The scene depicts Saint Lawrence in a red robe adorned with flames receiving a gold goblet from Pope Sixtus II, who is seated on a red chair wearing a blue robe and papal tiara, while other figures observe the event within an arched, columned interior. Architectural details, including window reproductions and decorative elements, replicate the original fresco’s setting, and an inscription appears in the upper right corner. The…
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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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