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The Annunciation (c. 1440–1445) [1] is an Early Renaissance fresco by Fra Angelico in the Convent of San Marco in Florence, Italy. When Cosimo de' Medici rebuilt the convent, he commissioned Fra Angelico to decorate the walls with intricate frescos.
The Prado Annunciation is an altarpiece painted by the Italian Renaissance painter Giovanni da Fiesole, known as Fra Angelico, in the 1420s. It is one of his best-known works. Originally destined for the convent of the observant Dominicans of Fiesole, the painting is currently in the collection of the Museo del Prado in Madrid.
The Annunciation of San Giovanni Valdarno is a painting by the Italian Early Renaissance master Fra Angelico, painted c. 1430 to 1432 in tempera on panel. It is part of a series of Annunciation panels painted by Fra Angelico in the 1430s. The other two are the Annunciation of Cortona and the Annunciation.
La Anunciación del Prado es considerada actualmente una de las primeras obras maestras de su autor. Iconográficamente se trata de una obra tradicional cuya tabla central muestra el ciclo de la pérdida (Adán y Eva expulsados del Paraíso) y salvación del hombre (Anunciación de María), mientras los cinco paneles de la predella ilustran otros tantos episodios de la vida de la Virgen.
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.
It is believed to be the earliest surviving painting by Fra Angelico. Dr Sturgis said crucifixion was a subject that the artist "painted again and again throughout his career".
Above the entrance door is a badly deteriorated fresco by Fra Angelico depicting Christ in Pietà, alluding to the Resurrection awaiting those who nourished by him. Today the room contains works presenting the artistic activity of the second great painter who lived in San Marco at the beginning of the 16th century: Fra Bartolomeo .
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]