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:

Carrying the Cross

Derobing of Christ

Crucifixion

Deposition

Descent into Limbo

Pious Women at the Tomb

Ascension

Pentecost

Last Judgment

Coronation of the Virgin

The 'Lex Amoris'

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.




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