Fra Angelico

Fra Angelico, a Dominican friar, pioneered the Early Renaissance with his luminous religious frescoes and altarpieces, including the influential San Marco Altarpiece.

ABOUT

Born Guido di Pietro around 1395 in Mugello, Tuscany, Fra Angelico began his artistic journey possibly as a manuscript illuminator before joining the Dominican convent of San Domenico in Fiesole, taking the name Fra Giovanni. His early works, such as the Fiesole Altarpiece and the Coronation of the Virgin, show a captivating blend of Gothic elegance and emerging Renaissance naturalism. He produced a Madonna of Humility and an Annunciation during this period, now housed in th…

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NOTABLE WORKS

Saint Michael Archangel Makes the Sea Withdraw to Leave a Passage for a Woman who Gave Birth on a Pilgrimage to Tumba, and Saint Michael Archangel and the Bull of Monte Gargano 1413 · Yale University Art Gallery Saint Joseph (?) 1419 · Yale University Art Gallery The Penitent Saint Jerome 1419 · Princeton Art Museum Saint John the Baptist and Saint Dominic 1420 · J. Paul Getty Museum Saint Francis and a Bishop Saint 1420 · J. Paul Getty Museum Compagnia di San Francesco altarpiece 1420 · Museum of San Marco

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INFLUENCES

Influenced by

Lorenzo MonacoLate Gothic

Influenced

Benozzo GozzoliEarly Renaissance Giovanni BelliniHigh Renaissance RaphaelHigh Renaissance PeruginoHigh Renaissance