Madonna and Child with St Dominic and St Thomas Aquinas
Madonna and Child is a c.1435 fresco fragment by Beato Angelico in the sacra conversazione style. It was originally painted in the dormitory of the Convent of San Domenico, Fiesole. It was removed from the wall after the convent's suppression during the Napoleonic occupation of Italy and is now in the Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg.[1]
The two male saints were both Dominicans. A similar fresco from c.1438 of the Madonna and Child with St Dominic and St Peter Martyr by the same artist survives above the doorway of the church of San Domenico in Cortona, whilst the same artist's Crucifixion with Mourners and St Dominic (Louvre) originated at San Domenico in Fiesole.[2]
References[]
- ^ John Pope-Hennessy, Beato Angelico, Scala, Firenze 1981.
- ^ (in Italian) Guido Cornini, Beato Angelico, Giunti, Firenze 2000 ISBN 88-09-01602-5
Categories:
- 1435 paintings
- Paintings by Fra Angelico
- Paintings in the collection of the Hermitage Museum
- Frescos formerly in churches in Italy
- Paintings of Thomas Aquinas
- Paintings of Saint Dominic
- Paintings of the Madonna and Child
- Books in art