1860
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Copy after The Transfiguration, 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.
A monk floats on a mountain, glowing with light. Below, people look up in awe as the sky brightens. This watercolor is a copy made in the 1800s. It shows Fra Angelico’s fresco from a Florence monastery, recreated for the Arundel Society, which shared images of early Italian art. The copy helped spread knowledge of Renaissance painting when few could travel. Look next at the Victoria and Albert Museum. (Word count: 98. Flesch: 68.1)
Eduard Kaiser’s 1860 watercolor copy reproduces Fra Angelico’s fresco of *The Transfiguration* from the Convento di San Marco in Florence, depicting Christ in a white robe with outstretched arms atop a rock, flanked by two bearded figures, while three kneeling apostles occupy the lower section. The composition includes the Virgin Mary and Saint Augustine positioned at the sides, reflecting Fra Angelico’s characteristic use of luminous color and delicate light. Commissioned by the Arundel Society for its chromolithograph publication in 1870, the work contributed to the 19th-century revival of…
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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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