Fra Angelico

(1390–1455) italiensk renässanskonstnär

Fra Angelico (Italy, 1390–1455) is listed in the catalogue as a painter. By year of birth, Fra Angelico belongs to the chapter ‘The Renaissance’ in this site’s history of art.

Fra Angelico was born in Vicchio and died in Rome. The teachers included Lorenzo Monaco, Gherardo Starnina, and Ambrogio di Baldese. Fra Angelico worked in Florence, Rome, Cortona, and Fiesole. Wikidata associates Fra Angelico with Italian Renaissance and Early Renaissance. The students included Zanobi Strozzi and Benozzo Gozzoli.

The best-known works include ‘Cortona Triptych’, ‘Niccoline Chapel’, ‘Fiesole Altarpiece’, and ‘San Marco Altarpiece’. The works belong mainly to the genre religious art. The catalogue has 159 works by Fra Angelico with free images. The dated works span the years 1410–1500. Works by Fra Angelico are held by several collections, among them Museo Nazionale di San Marco, Département des peintures du Louvre, National Gallery, and Cappella Niccolina. Wikidata links 58 works to movements covered in the chapter ‘The Renaissance’.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Mariano Taccola, Donatello, Xia Chang, Jan van Eyck, and Lukas Moser.

• The Renaissance
• Annunciation
• Konungarnas tillbedjan
• San Marco Altarpiece
• Deposition of Christ
• Annunciation of Cortona
• Madonna of Humility
• Coronation of the Virgin
• Fiesole Altarpiece
• Coronation of the Virgin
• Den yttersta domen
• Madonna and Child
• Crucifixion with St Dominic praying
• Annunciation of San Giovanni Valdarno
• San Pietro Martire Triptych
• Perugia Altarpiece
• Armadio degli Argenti
• Lamentation over the Dead Christ
• Tabernacle of the Linaioli
• Presentation at the Temple