Virgin Reliquaries

Panel paintings by Fra Giovanni Masi

Annunciation and Adoration of the Magi | Death and Assumption of the Virgin Mary

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Coronation of the Virgin | Mary, Star of the Sea

The Virgin Reliquaries are four 1434 panel paintings by Fra Giovanni Masi after drawings by Fra Angelico, intended as tabernacle-reliquaries for the Convent of Santa Maria Novella.[1] One is in the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston (Death and Assumption of the Virgin[2]) whilst the rest are in the Museo nazionale di San Marco in Florence.[3]

## References

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1. ^ (in Italian) John Pope-Hennessy, Beato Angelico, Scala, Firenze 1981.
2. ^ (in Italian) Guido Cornini, Beato Angelico, Giunti, Firenze 2000 ISBN 88-09-01602-5
3. ^ "Catalogue entry" (in Italian).

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Fra Angelico

Paintings|

* Fiesole Altarpiece (1424–1425)
* The Last Judgment (1425–1430)
* San Pietro Martire Triptych (1428–1429)
* Annunciation (1430–1432)
* Coronation of the Virgin (c. 1432)
* Deposition of Christ (1432–1434)
* Annunciation (c. 1433–1434)
* Tabernacle of the Linaioli (1433–1435)
* Madonna of Humility (1433–1435)
* Coronation of the Virgin (1434–1435)
* Annunciation (before 1435)
* Crucifixion with Mourners and St Dominic (c. 1435)
* Madonna and Child with St Dominic and St Thomas Aquinas (c. 1435)
* Croce al Tempio Lamentation (1436)
* Cortona Triptych (1436–1437)
* Perugia Altarpiece (c. 1437)
* The Annunciation (c. 1440–1445)
* Presentation at the Temple (1438–1440)
* San Marco Altarpiece (1438–1443)
* Adoration of the Magi (c. 1441-1442) (with Benozzo Gozzoli)
* Frescoes in the Niccoline Chapel (1447–1449)
* Adoration of the Magi (c. 1440/1460) (with Filippo Lippi)
* Armadio degli Argenti (1451–1453)

Related|

* Virgin Reliquaries (1434) (original drawings by Fra Angelico)
* Benozzo Gozzoli (collaborator)
* Filippo Lippi (collaborator)

Museums|

* Museo Nazionale di San Marco

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