Fra Angelico
Saint Anthony Abbot Shunning the Mass of Gold

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Artist Fra Angelico Italian (Florentine), c. 1395–1455

CultureItalian (Florentine)

Titles

Saint Anthony Abbot Shunning the Mass of Gold
St. Anthony Abbot Tempted by the Mass of Gold

Datec. 1435–1440s

PlaceFlorence, Italy

MediumTempera and gold leaf on panel

DimensionsPanel: 7 3/4 × 11 1/16 in. (19.7 × 28.1 cm)
Frame: 12 3/16 × 13 13/16 × 3 1/8in. (31 × 35.1 × 7.9cm)

Credit LineThe Edith A. and Percy S. Straus Collection

Object number44.550

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Arts of Europe and the Mediterranean

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PAINTING

ProvenanceCount Friedrich Wilhelm IV of Prussia; Count Franz von Ingenheim, Reisewitz bei Friedenthal-Giesmanndorf, Silesia; Marczel von Nemes, Munich; [K. W. Bachstitz, The Hague and New York]; Edith A. and Percy S. Straus, acquired May 28, 1930; bequeathed to MFAH, November 1944.
Exhibition HistoryRijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 1929.

"A Century of Progress Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture," The Art Institute of Chicago, 1933.

"Masterpieces of Art: Exhibition at the New York World's Fair 1939," New York, 1939.

"European Paintings and Sculpture from 1300-1800," New York, 1939.

"Mostra delle Opere di Fra Angelico," Palazzo Apostolico Vaticano, Rome, 1955.

"Mostra delle Opere del Beato Angelico nel quinto centenario della morte (1455-1955)," Museo di San Marco, Florence.

"In Quest of Excellence: Civic Pride, Patronage, Connoisseurship," Miami Center for the Fine Arts, January 12–April 22, 1984.

“Masterpieces of European Painting from the 15th to 20th Centuries from
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation," The Museum of Art, Ehime, Matsuyama, Japan, April 13–May 30, 1999; Chiba Prefectural Art Museum, Japan, June 5–July 11, 1999; Mie Prefectural Art Museum, Tsu, Japan, July 17–August 22, 1999; Fukuoka Art Museum, Japan, August 27–October 3,1999.

"Sacred Treasures: Early Italian Paintings from Southern Collections," Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, October 12, 2002–January 5, 2003; Birmingham Museum of Art, Alabama, January 26–April 2003; John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, Florida, April–July 2003.

"Sacred Treasures: Early Italian Paintings from Southern Collections," Birmingham Museum of Art, England, January 26–April 2003.

"Gold! Natural Treasure, Cultural Obsession," Houston Museum of Natural Science, February 18–September 18, 2005.

"Passion for Perfection: The Straus Collection of Renaissance Art," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 21, 2017–June 17, 2018.

"Fra Angelico and the Rise of the Florentine Renaissance," Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, May 28–September 15, 2019.

"Medieval Money, Merchants, and Morality," Morgan Library and Museum, New York, November 10, 2023–March 10, 2024. (OL.1579)

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