Fra Angelico (1395-1455)

Italian painter of the Early Renaissance, by his secular name Guido di Pietro, Fra Angelico is mostly known for his religious paintings of altarpieces and polyptychs. He was a member of the Dominican Order he was much appreciated in his time by the the Pontifical office and received many painting commissions. He was beatified in the 20th century by Pope John Paul II. Among his most important works, there are The Adoration of the Magi, The Transfiguration, The Road to Emmaus.

Fra Angelico "Crucifixion" (1450-1455) Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge MA	Fra Angelico "Annunciation 4" (1433-1434) Museo Diocesano, Cortona	Fra Angelico "Virgin and Child with Saints Dominic and Thomas Aquinas" (1424-1430) The Hermitage, St. Petersburg	Fra Angelico "The Coronation of the Virgin 2" (1434-1435) Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence
Fra Angelico "Prophets" (1447) Chapel of San Brizio, Duomo, Orvieto	Fra Angelico "Annunciation 6" (1450) Museo di San Marco, Florence	Fra Angelico "The Virgin Consigns the Habit to St Dominic" (1433-1434) Museo Diocesano, Cortona	Fra Angelico "The Annunciation detail 2" (1430-1432) Museo del Prado, Madrid
Fra Angelico "Triptych: The Last Judgment" (1450) Staatliche Museen, Berlin	Fra Angelico "St Peter Martyr Altarpiece" (1427-1428) Museo di San Marco, Florence	Fra Angelico "The Story of St Nicholas: St Nicholas saves the ship" (1437) Pinacoteca, Vatican	Fra Angelico "The Annunciation 2" (1430-1432) Museo del Prado, Madrid
Fra Angelico "View of the Convent of San Marco 1" (1436) Convento di San Marco, Florence	Fra Angelico "Annunciation detail 3" (1433-1434) Museo Diocesano, Cortona	Fra Angelico "Coronation of the Virgin 1" (1434-1435) Musee du Louvre, Paris	Fra Angelico "Christ the Judge" (1447) Chapel of San Brizio, Duomo, Orvieto
Fra Angelico "Virgin and Child with Saints Dominic and Catherine of Alexandria" (1435) Pinacoteca, Vatican	Fra Angelico "Deposition from the Cross Pala di Santa Trinita" (1437-1440) Museo di San Marco, Florence	Fra Angelico "Death of the Virgin" (1433-1434) Museo Diocesano, Cortona	Fra Angelico "Coronation of the Virgin detail 1" (1434-1435) Musee du Louvre, Paris
Fra Angelico "Cortona Polyptych" (1437) Museo Diocesano, Cortona	Fra Angelico "Conversion of St Paul" (1430) Museo di San Marco, Florence	Fra Angelico "Annunciation 3" (1433-1434) Museo Diocesano, Cortona	Fra Angelico "Paintings for the Armadio degli Argenti 2" (1450) Museo di San Marco, Florence
Fra Angelico "Communion of the Apostles" (1450) Museo di San Marco, Florence	Fra Angelico "The Story of St Nicholas" (1437) Pinacoteca, Vatican	Fra Angelico "Beheading of Saint Cosmas and Saint Damian" (1438-1440) Musee du Louvre, Paris	Fra Angelico "The Virgin of Humility" (1435-1445) Fundacion Coleccion Thyssen-Bornemisza, Pedralbes
Fra Angelico "Annalena Altarpiece" (1445) Museo di San Marco, Florence	Fra Angelico "Cortona Polyptych detail 1" (1437) Museo Diocesano, Cortona	Fra Angelico "View of the chapel" (1447-1449) Cappella Niccolina, Palazzi Pontifici, Vatican	Fra Angelico "The Lamentation over St Francis" (1440) Staatliche Museen, Berlin
Fra Angelico "Madonna and Child" (1433) Staatliche Museen, Berlin	Fra Angelico "The Martyrdom of St Mark" (1433) Museo di San Marco, Florence	Fra Angelico "San Marco Altarpiece" (1438-1440) Museo di San Marco, Florence	Fra Angelico "Paintings for the Armadio degli Argenti 1" (1450) Museo di San Marco, Florence
Fra Angelico "Marriage of the Virgin" (1433-1434) Museo Diocesano, Cortona	Fra Angelico "Saint Cosmas and Saint Damian Condamned" (1438-1440) National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin	Fra Angelico "Visitation" (1433-1434) Museo Diocesano, Cortona	Fra Angelico "Crucifixion with St Dominic" (1440-1445) Musee du Louvre, Paris

Seers, sinners and steps Sydney Morning Herald - 9 Aug 2010 at 12:53am Today, we know him as Fra Angelico and, thanks to reproductions, his artworks are found around the world. Knowing Fiesole's past, it's hard to see all this ...