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Fra Angelico, O.P. (born Guido di Pietro; c. 1395 [1] – 18 February 1455) was a Dominican friar and Italian Renaissance painter of the Early Renaissance, described by Giorgio Vasari in his Lives of the Artists as having "a rare and perfect talent". [2]
Adoration of the Magi (Fra Angelico and Filippo Lippi) Annunciation (Fra Angelico, Madrid) Annunciation (Fra Angelico, San Marco) Annunciation of Cortona; Annunciation of San Giovanni Valdarno; Armadio degli Argenti
The work was painted for a side altar in the Convent of San Domenico, Fiesole, where Fra Angelico was a friar.For the same church he also contributed the main altarpiece, showing the Virgin and Child Enthroned with Dominican saints (c. 1425) and the Coronation of the Virgin, now in the Louvre (c. 1424–1435) .
Wedding at Cana, Baptism and Transfiguration Fra Angelico, Flight into Egypt Fra Angelico, Massacre of the Innocents From drawings by Fra Angelico, Christ Washing the Disciples' Feet The panels of the Armadio degli Argenti (Italian: Wardrobe of the Silversmiths ) are a series of tempera paintings on panel created by Fra Angelico ca. 1451–1453 ...
All of the paintings were done by Angelico himself or under his direct supervision. [3] Out of all of the frescos at the convent, the Annunciation is the most well known in the art world. The Annunciation is not Fra Angelico's first painting on that theme nor his only one in the convent.
The Annunciation of Cortona was painted by Fra Angelico in 1433–1434, in tempera on panel, 175 cm x 180 cm. [1]. This is one of three Annunciations by Fra Angelico on panel (the other two are in the Prado Museum, and the Museo della Basilica di Santa Maria delle Grazie, in San Giovanni Valdarno.
The work is not thought to have originally been painted around 1434 (a few years after the similar painting in the Uffizi) for the convent of San Domenico of Fiesole, near Florence, where Fra Angelico was a Dominican friar and for which he painted also the Fiesole Altarpiece (1424-1425) and the Annunciation now at the Museo del Prado.
The Last Judgment (tempera on panel) is a painting by the Renaissance artist Fra Angelico. It was commissioned by the Camaldolese Order for the newly elected abbot, the humanist scholar Ambrogio Traversari. [1] It is variously dated to c1425, [2] 1425–1430 [3] and 1431. [1]