Communion of the Apostles by Fra Angelico, 3.5x5 in, essential finish, Bottega Tifernate

Communion of the Apostles by Fra Angelico, 3.5x5 in, essential finish, Bottega Tifernate. This square painting of 3.5x4.7 in depicts the fresco of Fra Angelico, "The Last Supper: Communion of the Apostles" and belongs to the Linea Aurea collection by Bottega Tifernate. Each piece is unique, made and finished by hand by experienced painters with academic training.

The technique
The Linea Aurea collection by Bottega Tifernate stands out for its high quality artistic works created through the patented pictography technique, created by the master Stefano Lazzari. This method allows you to create reproductions that maintain all the aesthetic qualities of an authentic painting. Years of dedicated research and study in the field of painting and restoration have enabled the Città di Castello workshop to faithfully restore the methods and recipes that the Renaissance masters applied in their creations on fresco, panel and canvas. For the frescoes, the same type of lime used by Giotto is used, a pure lime, free of salts and alkalis that could damage the work over time. The technique used is ''a fresco'' with gold leaf retouch, which allows the colors to blend perfectly with the lime pigment during drying, thus ensuring long-lasting and harmonious integration. The pigments used are oxide-based, which guarantees that the intensity of the color remains unchanged over time.

The painting
The figures in the fresco are represented in a sober and simplified way, with delicate and soft colours, although more opaque and muted than Angelico's works on wood. In this context, the intense plasticity of shapes and colours, inspired by Masaccio, generates, by contrast, a vivid sense of abstraction.
Each copy comes with a certificate of origin inside the packaging, adding value to your purchase. A hook on the back and a metal support make the work versatile, suitable both as wall-mounthed and standing painting.

Artist of the original painting: Fra Angelico.
Title of the original painting: The Last Supper: Communion of the Apostles.
Year and location of the original painting: 1440-1442, Florence, Monastery of San Marco.
Technique: pictography "a fresco" on lime.
Year of the reproduction: 2024.
Item made in Città del Castello (Perugia) in Umbria.