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 "Annunciation 4" (1433-1434) Museo Diocesano, Cortona |
Fra Angelico "Annunciation 6" (1450) Museo di San Marco, Florence |
Fra Angelico "Crucifixion" (1450-1455) Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge MA |
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 "Coronation of the Virgin 1" (1434-1435) Musee du Louvre, Paris |
Fra Angelico "Triptych: The Last Judgment" (1450) Staatliche Museen, Berlin |
Fra Angelico "Virgin and Child with Saints Dominic and Thomas Aquinas" (1424-1430) The Hermitage, St. Petersburg |
|
Fra Angelico "San Marco Altarpiece" (1438-1440) Museo di San Marco, Florence |
Fra Angelico "Deposition from the Cross Pala di Santa Trinita" (1437-1440) Museo di San Marco, Florence |
Fra Angelico "Madonna and Child" (1433) Staatliche Museen, Berlin |
Fra Angelico "The Annunciation 2" (1430-1432) Museo del Prado, Madrid |
|
Fra Angelico "Entombment" (1438-1440) Alte Pinakothek, Munich |
Fra Angelico "Annunciation 3" (1433-1434) Museo Diocesano, Cortona |
Fra Angelico "Last Judgement detail 4" (1432-1435) Museo di San Marco, Florence |
Fra Angelico "The Virgin Consigns the Habit to St Dominic" (1433-1434) Museo Diocesano, Cortona |
|
Fra Angelico "Virgin and Child with Saints Dominic and Catherine of Alexandria" (1435) Pinacoteca, Vatican |
Fra Angelico "Paintings for the Armadio degli Argenti 1" (1450) Museo di San Marco, Florence |
Fra Angelico "The Story of St Nicholas: St Nicholas saves the ship" (1437) Pinacoteca, Vatican |
Fra Angelico "The Virgin of Humility" (1435-1445) Fundacion Coleccion Thyssen-Bornemisza, Pedralbes |
|
Fra Angelico "St Peter Martyr Altarpiece" (1427-1428) Museo di San Marco, Florence |
Fra Angelico "View of the chapel" (1447-1449) Cappella Niccolina, Palazzi Pontifici, Vatican |
Fra Angelico "Visitation" (1433-1434) Museo Diocesano, Cortona |
Fra Angelico "Annunciation detail 3" (1433-1434) Museo Diocesano, Cortona |
|
Fra Angelico "Flight into Egypt" (1450) Museo di San Marco, Florence |
Fra Angelico "The Annunciation detail 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 "Beheading of Saint Cosmas and Saint Damian" (1438-1440) Musee du Louvre, Paris |
|
Fra Angelico "The Vision of Ezekiel" (1450) Museo di San Marco, Florence |
Fra Angelico "Christ the Judge" (1447) Chapel of San Brizio, Duomo, Orvieto |
Fra Angelico "Cortona Polyptych" (1437) Museo Diocesano, Cortona |
Fra Angelico "Last Judgement detail 3" (1432-1435) Museo di San Marco, Florence |
|
Fra Angelico "Saint Anthony the Abbot Tempted by a Lump of Gold" (1436) Museum of Fine Arts, Houston |
Fra Angelico "Conversion of St Paul" (1430) Museo di San Marco, Florence |
Fra Angelico "The Story of St Nicholas" (1437) Pinacoteca, Vatican |
Fra Angelico "Annalena Altarpiece" (1445) Museo di San Marco, Florence |
|
Fra Angelico "Last Judgement detail 1" (1432-1435) Museo di San Marco, Florence |
Fra Angelico "The Naming of St John the Baptist" (1434-1435) Museo di San Marco, Florence |
Fra Angelico "Communion of the Apostles" (1450) Museo di San Marco, Florence |
Fra Angelico "The Adoration of the Magi 1" (1445) National Gallery of Art, Washington |