737 - Fra Angelico, after ‘Madonna della Stella’, in a neo-Gothic, sculptural architectural frame, 19th century.

Fra Angelico, after ‘Madonna della Stella’, in a neo-Gothic, sculptural architectural frame, 19th century. Fra Angelico (1400-1455), after ‘Madonna della Stella’ with Child. The Mother of God has a sparkling star upon her head, a dotted halo and rays emanating from her body, egg tempera on a red lacquer and gold ground, in a sculptural, carved Neo-Gothic frame (predella) featuring two staggered spindle columns, two pinnacles (small towers) and a gable (pointed pediment). 63 x 30 x 7 cm, in very good condition The ‘Madonna della Stella’ (German: Madonna of the Star) is a masterpiece by the Italian Renaissance painter Fra Angelico (Guido di Pietro), painted around 1424. This small-scale painting is now housed in the Museo Nazionale di San Marco in Florence. The panel was originally part of a set of four ornate reliquaries (together with the Annunciation, the Death of the Virgin and the Coronation of the Virgin), commissioned for the Dominican church of Santa Maria Novella in Florence