The Apostle Saint James the Greater Freeing the Magician Hermogenes

Fra Angelico's Apostle James the Greater Freeing the Magician Hermogenes, painted around 1427 for the Kimbell Art Museum, depicts a scene from the Golden Legend. The apostle's victory over the sorcerer demonstrated the superior power of Christian faith over pagan magic Fra Angelico combined deep Dominican piety with Renaissance technical mastery, creating works of luminous spiritual intensity that served both as devotional objects and artistic milestones.

The miracle scene is rendered with Fra Angelico's characteristic luminous color and precise spatial construction, the confrontation between apostle and magician staged within a clearly articulated architectural setting.