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Fra Angelico / Noli me Tangere

Noli me Tangere

1442 · Fresco and tempera

Christ appears to Mary Magdalene in a flowering garden after the Resurrection, gently drawing back as she reaches to touch him.

MovementRRenaissance
LocationFlorence, Italy
Genrereligious art
Dimensions180 × 146 cm

Why it matters

The risen Christ tells Mary Magdalene 'Do not touch me' in a garden. Fra Angelico painted this fresco in the first cell of the convent of San Marco in Florence.

Did you know?

  • It is in cell no. 1 on the first floor.
  • The words come from the Gospel of John.
  • Fra Angelico decorated many cells of the convent.

Based on the French Wikipedia article Noli me tangere (Fra Angelico) (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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