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The Crucifixion with the Virgin, Saint John the Baptist and the Magdalen by Fra Angelico

Fra Angelico

The Crucifixion with the Virgin, Saint John the Baptist and the Magdalen, 145

Tempera on gold ground panel
63.8 x 38.1 cm (25.13 x 15 in)
Paintings
Unique artwork
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Momentum 12M
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Last recorded sale at Christie's, London (06 Jul 2023)
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ImageSale dateAuction houseLocationSale nameLot No.EstimatePrice SoldConditionTitle
Jul 6, 2023
Christie'sLondonOld Masters Part I24
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The Crucifixion with the Virgin, Saint John the Baptist and the Magdalen
Artwork Description
Category

paintings

Dimensions

63.8 x 38.1 cm (25.13 x 15 in)

Materials

tempera on gold ground panel

Provenance

(Probably) William Bingham Baring, 2nd Lord Ashburton (1799-1864), Bath House, London, and by inheritance to his widow, Louisa, Lady Ashburton (1827-1903), Kent House, London or Melchett Court, Hampshire, and through her daughter,

The Hon. Mary Florence Baring (1860-1902), wife of William Compton, 5th Marquess of Northampton (1851-1913), and their second son, Lord Spencer Compton (1893-1915).

Literature

F. Russell, ‘An Early Crucifixion by Fra Angelico', The Burlington Magazine , CXXXVIII, May 1996, pp. 315-7, where dated between altarpieces assigned to 1419-21 and 1424-5.

G. Bonsanti, Beato Angelico: Catalogo completo , Florence, 1998, p. 118, no. 15, where dated to around 1424.

L. Kanter, in ed. L. Kanter and P. Palladino, Fra Angelico , exhibition catalogue, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York and New Haven, 2005, pp. 76-7, fig. 46, where dated to around 1421-2.

D.C. Ahl, Fra Angelico , London, 2008, pp. 31-3, pl. 29, where dated to around 1419-20.

G. de Simone, in ed. A. Zuccari, G. Morello and G. de Simone, Beato Angelico: L'alba del Rinascimento , exhibition catalogue, Musei Capitolini, Rome, 2009, p. 152, where dated to just before the Pisa Madonna di Cedri of around 1423.

G. Utari, in ed. G. Damiani, Fra Angelico et les ma î tres de la Lumi ère , exhibition catalogue, Musée Jacquemart-André, Paris, 2011, p. 154, under no. 25, as an ‘oeuvre de jeunesse de l'artiste'.

Description

GUIDO DI PIERO, FRA GIOVANNI DA FIESOLE, POSTHUMOUSLY KNOWN AS FRA ANGELICO (NEAR VICCHIO, C. 1395/1400-1455, ROME)

The Crucifixion with the Virgin, Saint John the Baptist and the Magdalen

tempera on gold ground panel, arched, the original engaged frame regilded

25 1/8 x 15 in. (59.7 x 34.2 cm.)