The Blessed Margaret and Saint Cecilia (left panel)

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Maker


1387-1455

Title

The Blessed Margaret and Saint Cecilia (left panel)

Date of Production

1420 - 1429

Medium

tempera on panel

Dimensions

Height: 20.6 cm
Width: 50 cm
Depth: 4.8 cm

Object Number

P.1966.GP.10.2

Mode of Acquisition

Gambier-Parry, bequest, 1966

Credit

Courtauld Gallery, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Label Text

This panel is part of a set of three that once formed the predella (or base) for the main altar of a Florentine convent of Dominican nuns, dedicated to Saint Peter Martyr. In the two roundels are depicted a Dominican nun (probably Catherine of Siena) and Cecilia. The other two panels depict the dead Christ flanked by Mary Magdalen and Saint John the Evangelist, and Saints Catherine of Alexandria and Agnes. The choice of these saints may have been influenced by the presence of their relics in the convent.

Provenance

Purchased in Florence by Thomas Gambier-Parry, 1860; by descent; Gambier-Parry Bequest to the Home House Trust (now the Samuel Courtauld Trust), 1966

Exhibition History

Fra Angelico and the Rise of the Florentine Renaissance, Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, 28/05/2019-15/09/2019
Fra Angelico, Metropolitan Museum of Art & New York & USA, 24/10/2005-30/01/2006
Anno Domini, Alberta Museum, Canada, 04/10/2000-10/01/2001

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