ANGELICO, Fra
(b. ca. 1400, Vicchio nell Mugello, d. 1455, Roma)

Scenes from the Life of Christ

1451-52
Tempera on panel, 123 x 160 cm
Museo di San Marco, Florence

The scenes on this panel:

Raising of Lazarus

Entry into Jerusalem

Last Supper

Payment of Judas

Washing of the Feet

Institution of the Eucharist

Prayer in the Garden

Judas's Betrayal

Capture of Christ

Christ before Caiafas

Mocking of Christ

Christ at the Column

Latin texts from the Old and New testaments are inscribed on scrolls unfurled above and below the episodes. They were added later, not by Angelico, when all of the scenes were complete.