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Which of Fra Angelico’s Roman frescoes have been destroyed?
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Madonna of Humility, tempera on panel by Fra Angelico, c. 1440; in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
During his time in Rome, several of Fra Angelico’s fresco cycles were lost. The specific works that have been destroyed include:
- The frescoes executed in a chapel of St. Peter’s (c. 1446–47).1
- The frescoes in the chapel of the Sacrament in the Vatican (not before 1447).1
- The frescoes in the studio of Pope Nicholas V (1449).1
While these specific Roman commissions were lost, the Vatican still preserves his significant decorative work in the chapel of Niccolò V, which features scenes from the lives of Saint Stephen and Saint Lawrence.1