Fra Angelico 1395 - 1455
(Full name: Il Beato Fra Giovanni Angelico da Fiesole)
Fra Angelico was a Florentine painter and friar. Its no surprise that his p aintings are religious in nature.
Noli me tangere, 1440-41, Fresco
Noli me tangere is Latin and means "don't touch me". These are the words (allegedly) spoken by Jesus to Mary Magdalene after his resurrection (John 20:17) As the text was originally written in Greek, the translation sometimes is given as "stop clinging to me". It has been suggested that this rebuff of Mary by Jesus was included in Biblical texts by the Church in order to diminish the importance of Mary Magdalene to Jesus.
There are many paintings of this scene and it is interesting to see how different painters tackle the subject - follow the links below to see more:
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Noli me tangere by Titian (in the National Gallery) |
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Noli me tangere by Anton Raphael Mengs (in the National Gallery) |
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Noli me Tangere by an imitator of Andrea Mantegna (in the National Gallery) |
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Noli me tangere by Giotto di Bondone. Fresco in the Cappella Scrovegni (Arena Chapel), Padua (You need to navigate the website to see the image - we have a large image of this painting here). |
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Noli me Tangere by Bramantino
This is a Fresco at Civico Museo d'Arte Antica, Castello Sforzesco, Milan
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Noli Me Tangere 1508, Fra Bartolomeo
Located at the Dominican convent of Pian di Mugnone in the Firenze province of Tuscany.
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Noli Me Tangere, 1581 by Lavinia Fontana
Located at the Uffizi in Florence
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Noli me tangere ca. 1537 Giovanni-Battista Franco (ca. 1510 - 1561)
Oil on wood panel at The Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, Ohio. (You will need to navigate the website to see their image of this painting. Well worth it as you can zoom and get quite a lot of information.
Click guided tours, around the world, Europe. You will find 5 items on this tour, one of which is this painting.
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Noli me tangere (1524) Hans Holbein the Younger
Currently at the Tate but on loan from the Queen (therefore no image available on the Tate website due to copyright issues!)
As this image is well out of copyright, feel free to download and do what you please with Holbeins painting which you can see here. |
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Noli me Tangere By Correggio 1525 oil on canvas
Museo del Prado, Madrid.
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Noli me tangere. Martin Schongauer (c.1450- 1491)
Musée d'Unterlinden, Colmar, France
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Noli me Tangere, by Andrea del Sarto.
Museo del Cenacolo di San Salvi, Florence
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Noli me Tangere, 1630, by Jan Brueghel the Younger.
Musée Historique Lorrain, Nancy, France
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This list is by no means exhaustive! If you are interested in more images we suggest you either try Google or Yahoo images and websites.
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