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Copy after the fresco Adoration of the Magi, Fra Angelico in the Museo di San Marco (Florence)

Edward Kaiser

1860

watercolor

From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum

Impressionism Realism Late 19th Century

Dominant colour

Copy after the fresco Adoration of the Magi, Fra Angelico in the Museo di San Marco (Florence) is a 1860 watercolor by Edward Kaiser, a Impressionism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.

Who painted this?: Edward Kaiser
When & what style?: 1860 · Impressionism
Where can I see it?: Victoria and Albert Museum

The story of this work

Overview

A watercolour lunette depicting the Adoration of the Magi, showing the Holy Family with the Christ child on the left and the three Magi presenting gifts in the foreground. The background features a mountainous landscape, reflecting Fra Angelico’s characteristic use of light and colour in his frescoes at the Convento di San Marco in Florence, painted in the 1440s. The copy was made by Eduard Kaiser for the Arundel Society, which promoted Renaissance art through reproductions, though this particular work was never published. The original frescoes, part of a broader decorative program in the…

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