Salvator mundi and Other Figures
Fra Angelico (Vicchio c.1400 - Rome 1455)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
1862
Materials
Pencil, Tracing paper
Measurements
185 mm (H)248 mm (W)
Order this imageCollection
Saltram, Devon
NT 872682
Summary
Pencil drawings on tracing paper; in the centre of the sheet the figure of Christ, sitting in a circular form, holding a ball [?], presumably a globe on his left knee, while holding up his right arm; left upper part, an older Saint sitting on the ground, looking in this direction; below this a group of three smaler female figures, seen in profile, turned to the left, the first holding a tablet to which is given an object, probably the head of Saint John by an hand of an unfinished figure; on the right part of the sheet a standing female holy person in a niche, holding a lily.
Provenance
At Saltram by 1962 and given to NT as part of the endowment by Montagu Brownlow Parker (1878-1962), 5th Earl of Morley
Marks and inscriptions
on top left, above the sitting Saint; 'Gentile da Fabriano'; top centre, above the figure of Christ; 'Fra Angelico Duomo di ...ole'; bottom right; 'Simon Martini in Assisi'
Makers and roles
Fra Angelico (Vicchio c.1400 - Rome 1455), painter Gentile da Fabriano (Fabriano c.1370 - Rome 1427), painter Margaret Holford, Countess of Morley (1855-1908), artist Simone Martini (Siena c.1284 - Avignon 1344), painter