Coleção: Fra Angelico

Fra Angelico was an Italian painter of the Early Renaissance, described by Vasari in his Lives of the Artists as having "a rare and perfect talent". He gained his reputation primarily from the series of frescoes he made for his convent, San Marco, in Florence.

Born: 1395, Vicchio, Italy
Died: February 18, 1455, Rome, Italy
On view: Château de Chantilly, Detroit Institute of Arts, MORE
Periods: Early Renaissance, Italian Renaissance, Renaissance, Sienese School, Florentine painting, Gothic art
Full name: Guido di Pietro
Burial place: Basilica of Santa Maria sopra Minerva, Rome, Italy
Known for: Painting, Fresco