Artwork
Copy after the fresco of the mock polyptych <i>Virgin and Child with Saints</i>, Benozzo Gozzoli in San Francesco, San Girolamo chapel, Montefalco
Copy after the fresco of the mock polyptych <i>Virgin and Child with Saints</i>, Benozzo Gozzoli in San Francesco, San Girolamo chapel, Montefalco is a watercolor work on paper by the Impressionist artist Benozzo Gozzoli. It is held in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum.
About this work
Overview
This watercolour is a copy of a fresco by Benozzo Gozzoli, created by Eliseo Fattorini in 1872. The original fresco, painted in 1452, is located in the San Girolamo chapel of the church of San Francesco in Montefalco, Italy.
History & Provenance
The copy was commissioned by the Arundel Society, an organization dedicated to promoting knowledge of European Old Masters through reproductions. It was later published as a chromolithograph in 1878.
Technique & Style
The work is executed in watercolour, a medium chosen for its ability to capture the subtleties of the original fresco. The original fresco depicts a mock polyptych altarpiece.
Artist & collection
Artist
Benozzo Gozzoli (pronounced ; born Benozzo di Lese; c. 1421 – 4 October 1497) was an Italian Renaissance painter from Florence. A pupil of Fra Angelico, Gozzoli is best known for a series of murals in the Magi Chapel of…
Saints Nicholas of Tolentino, Roch, Sebastian, and Bernardino of Siena, with Kneeling Donors
Saint Ursula with Two Angels and Donor
The Raising of Lazarus
The Feast of Herod and the Beheading of Saint John the Baptist
Madonna and Child with St Francis and the donor Father Jacopo da Montefalco (left) and St Bernard of Siena (right)
Mary with the child and saints
Madonna with Child
Madonna and Child (Obverse) and Tobias with Archangel Raphael (Reverse)
Altarpiece of the Virgin with Saints Agatha, Stephen, Francis and a Martyr Saint
Triptych
Triptych: Madonna with Saints and Christ Blessing (Center); The Nativity and the Annunciate Angel (Left Wing); Crucifixion and the Virgin Annunciate (Right Wing)
Madonna and Child Enthroned and Twelve Angels
The Presentation of the Virgin at the Temple
Coronation of the Virgin
The Coronation of the Virgin, and Saints![Madonna and Child with Saints Andrew, Benedict, Bernard, and Catherine of Alexandria with Angels [entire triptych], by Agnolo Gaddi](https://artifactworldgallery.com/img/agnolo-gaddi--madonna-and-child-with-saints-andrew-benedict-bernard-and-ca--93a6585f38530738-w320.webp)
Madonna and Child with Saints Andrew, Benedict, Bernard, and Catherine of Alexandria with Angels [entire triptych]
Madonna and Child with Saints and Angels
Polyptych of Praglia
The Presentation of the Virgin in the Temple
Copy after the cycle of the <i>Life of St Francis</i> (<i>Birth of St Francis</i>), Benozzo Gozzoli in San Francesco, Montefalco