Fra Giovanni da Fiesole, known posthumously as Fra Angelico or in Italian as Beato Angelico (c. 1395 to 1455), was an Italian Dominican friar and painter active during the early Florentine Renaissance.
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Birth Yearexact birthdate unknown, c. 1395 BirthplaceVicchio, Republic of Florence 1 Active From Year Connections
In Movement
Early Renaissance painter.
Practices
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Works Created
Source Annunciation (Fra Angelico, San Marco) (Wikipedia)
Source Coronation of the Virgin (Fra Angelico, Louvre) (Wikipedia)
Source Niccoline Chapel (Wikipedia)
Source San Marco Altarpiece (Wikipedia)
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Nationality
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John of Fiesole (born Guido di Pietro; c. 1395 – 18 February 1455), known posthumously as Fra Angelico ( FRAH an-JEL-ik-oh, Italian: [ˈfra anˈdʒɛːliko]; "Angelic Friar/Brother") or in Italian as Beato Angelico ("Blessed Angelic One"), was an Italian Dominican friar and painter active during the early Florentine Renaissance.
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c. 1395
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18 February 1455
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18 February 1455
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Vicchio, Republic of Florence
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Rome, Papal States
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was an Italian Dominican friar and painter
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was an Italian Dominican friar and painter active during the early Florentine Renaissance.
Biography
From 1408 to 1418, Angelico painted frescoes, many of which have now been lost, at the Dominican friary of Cortona as an assistant to Gherardo Starnina or one of his followers.
Practices: Painting, Career section
Painting exclusively religious subjects throughout his career, Angelico completed commissions in Rome under the patronage of Popes Eugene IV and Nicholas V.
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San Marco Altarpiece (Wikipedia)
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The San Marco Altarpiece (also known as Madonna and Saints) is a painting by the Italian early Renaissance painter Fra Angelico, housed in the San Marco Museum of Florence, Italy. It was commissioned by Cosimo de' Medici the Elder
Annunciation (Fra Angelico, San Marco) (Wikipedia)
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The Annunciation (c. 1440-1445) 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 int
Niccoline Chapel (Wikipedia)
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Coronation of the Virgin (Fra Angelico, Louvre) (Wikipedia)
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