Saint George standing on a pedestal. Gouache after Fra Angelico (?).

  • Angelico, fra, approximately 1400-1455.
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Saint George standing on a pedestal. Gouache after Fra Angelico (?). Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Standing, wearing red and gold armour, holding a spear and a shield marked with the cross of Saint George: a red cross on a white ground. His halo consists of gold and red feathers

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1 painting : gouache ; image 21.8 x 6.2 cm

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Fra Angelico ...

References note

Pope-Hennessy, Fra Angelico, London: Phaedon, 1974 (this composition not found)

Reference

Wellcome Collection 574622i

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Not found among works by Fra Angelico recorded by Pope-Hennessy, op. cit., nor is this form of the halo found. The shaped outline is similar to those of Pope-Hennessy's plate nos. 7a and 7b (Saint Nicholas and Saint Michael respectively), and fig. 22 (Galleria Nazionale, Perugia)

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