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Two Haloed Mourners

Image credit: The National Gallery, London

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This is a fragment of a painting in fresco, a technique that involved painting directly onto fresh plaster. It has been repainted and only a layer of tin remains on the haloes, which may originally have been gilded.

It formed part of an image showing the burial of Saint John the Baptist; here, two of the saint’s disciples bow their heads in grief, gazing sorrowfully upon his body. Saint John was beheaded on the orders of King Herod, who had offered his stepdaughter Salome whatever she desired. Influenced by her mother, she asked for John’s head.

The painting decorated the wall of the Manetti chapel in the Florentine church of Santa Maria del Carmine, along with other large scenes depicting the life of the saint. The series of frescoes were destroyed but 11 fragments – cut from the wall by the English artist Thomas Patch – survive in other European collections.

The National Gallery, London

London

Title

Two Haloed Mourners

Date

about 1387-95

Medium

Fresco

Measurements

H 50 x W 50 cm

Accession number

NG276

Acquisition method

Bought, 1856

Work type

Painting

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