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

Paintings for the Armadio degli Argenti (detail)

1451-52
Tempera on wood, 118 x 75 cm
Museo di San Marco, Florence

The paintings shown in this detail:

Resurrection of Lazarus

Entrance to Jerusalem

Washing of the Feet

Communion of the Apostles

Capture of Christ

Christ before Caiafas

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.