Room 0.2 is for those who love Early Italian Art.
Apart from early French statues and medieval German aquamanilia, room 0.2 offers amazing Italian panel paintings from the 12th-14th Century.
Madonna of Humility
Fra Angelico
Those who have visited the San Marco convent in Florence will never forget the cool cells, adorned with a fresco, on a hot summer’s day.
On display in room 0.2
Saint Francis Receiving the…
Lorenzo Monaco
Is it possible to identify so intensely with Christ on the cross, that your own hands and feet start bleeding? The power of mirror neurons?
On display in room 0.2
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Saint Jerome in his Study
Lorenzo Monaco
Paintings of a scholar in his study have always been the favourites of art historians, who recognize themselves... and the house-cat.
On display in room 0.2
Mary Magdalene
Carlo Crivelli
It is the largest painting in the room, 152 cm. high, full-length; it feels as if you are standing next to a gorgeous Venetian courtisane.
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The Flagellation
Luca di Tommè
The face of Christ is in front of the pillar, but His golden halo is behind the pillar, that seems to separate Him from that circle of light
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The Crucifixion
Niccolò di Pietro Gerini
SPQR - the Senate and the People of Rome - is an acronym that you can still see in Rome, for example on manhole covers. Such continuity!
On display in room 0.2
Crucifixion with the Virgin and…
anonymous
Above: a mother with her baby son. Below: same mother with her dead son, 33. So was it all in vain? Nothing could be further from the truth.
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Saint Nicholas Saving a Hanged Man
Zanobi di Jacopo Machiavelli
I hate to break the news: this is not ‘the real real Santa’ (Bishop of Myra) but Nicholas of Tolentino. But he was named after Saint Nick.
The Crucifixion
Giovanni da Milano
‘Shapes overhead/Of blue and red/Is this the end?/Will you come back again?’ (Sky Sailing: Blue and Red; Adam Young, 2010)
On display in room 0.2
The Deposition and the Entombment
anonymous
Maybe Christ was never more human than during those two days between the Crucifixion and the Resurrection.
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Virgin and Child
Meester van Badia a Isola
On loan from Museum Catharijneconvent in Utrecht. If you love room 0.2, pay a visit to that museum as well. It is only 30 minutes by train.
Martyrdom of Saint Lawrence, with…
Jacobello del Fiore
‘How can God allow torture, murder?’ Here God is watching from between the clouds. In Startrek it is called: the Prime Directive.
On display in room 0.2
Two Evangelists
Gherardo Starnina
This is a charismatic man. God bestowed upon him the Gnadengabe, the ‘gift of grace’ of being a great writer so he can spread the Good News.
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Two Evangelists
Gherardo Starnina
What do those words in the book mean? Some letters seem to be recognizable. There must be computer-software to crack the code.
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The Sudarium of Saint Veronica
anonymous
The Holy Face on the Veil of Veronica sometimes reminds me of Walter Benjamin: The work of art in the age... Too irreverent?
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Virgin Annunciate
Lorenzo di Niccolò
Because Gabriel has been disaggregated from this piece, one gets the impression that it is the dove delivering the happy news to Mary..
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The Deposition and the Entombment
anonymous
Yes, the Byzantine style creates a distance for the modern spectator. But look at Mary: her hand covers her mouth, her arm rests on her son.
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