Christ on the Cross with the Virgin and St John and ?St Francis kneeling at the Base of the Cross
circle of Fra Angelico, 1420s
Details
- Country House
- Mells Manor
- Title(s)
- Christ on the Cross with the Virgin and St John and ?St Francis kneeling at the Base of the Cross
- Date
- 1420s
- Medium and support
- Tempera on wood
- Dimensions
- Overall height: 29 cm, Overall width: 20.5 cm
- Artist
- circle of Fra Angelico
- Catalogue Number
- MM3
- Inscription
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- Inscribed at the base: ‘AVB [B reversed] GRATIA PENA DOMINVS EQ’ and with two unidentified coats of arms
Footnotes
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Dr Laurence Kanter, although working from a poor photograph, has expressed concern about this painting’s surface qualities and has questioned its Quattrocento origins: private communication, 2020. The present writer did not feel doubts about the painting’s authenticity when he examined it but he has much less experience in this area than Dr Kanter and, consequently, feels it would be desirable to submit it for technical examination.
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