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Fra Angelico
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Italian Early Renaissance painter
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Fra Angelico, born Guido di Pietro, was an Italian painter, illuminator, and architectural draftsperson associated with the Early Renaissance and Italian Renaissance movements. A member of the Dominican Order and a Catholic, he worked as a painter and varnisher. His notable works include the Cortona Triptych, Niccoline Chapel, Fiesole Altarpiece, and San Marco Altarpiece.
He was born in Vicchio and died in Florence and Rome on February 18, 1455. He is buried at Santa Maria sopra Minerva and is recognized as a blessed within the Catholic Church, with his feast day observed on February 18. His students included Zanobi Strozzi and Benozzo Gozzoli. His works are held in the collections of the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Städel Museum, Minneapolis Institute of Art, and Museo del Prado.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Guido
- Gender
- male
- Place of birth
- Vicchio
- Place of death
- Rome
- Languages spoken
- Italian
- Religion
- Catholic Church
- Field of work
- painter and varnisher
- Genre
- religious art
- Movement
- Early Renaissance
- Image
- Fra Angelico 052.jpg
- Work location
- Perugia
- Religious order
- Dominican Order
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- Commons category
- Fra Angelico
- canonization status
- blessed
- date of death
- 1455-02-18
- place of burial
- Santa Maria sopra Minerva
- date of birth
- 1390-00-00
- Commons gallery
- Fra Angelico
- topic's main category
- Category:Fra Angelico
- Commons Creator page
- Fra Angelico
- birth name
- Guido di Pietro
- student
- Benozzo Gozzoli
- name in native language
- Fra Angelico
- has works in the collection
- Courtauld Institute of Art
- feast day
- February 18
- ethnic group
- Italians
- described at URL
- catalogo.uffizi.it/it/29/ricerca/detailiccdaut/1020912
- different from
- Frangelico
- name
- Fra Giovanni de Fiesole
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Works in European collections
20 objects attributed to Fra Angelico, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
Fra Giovanni da Fiesole (born Guido di Pietro; c. 1395 – 18 February 1455), known posthumously as Fra Angelico (/ˌfrɑː ænˈdʒɛlɪkoʊ/ FRAH an-JEL-ik-oh, Italian: [ˈfra anˈdʒɛːliko]), was an Italian Dominican friar and painter active during the early Florentine Renaissance.
Angelico created a series of frescoes for the Dominican convent of San Marco in Florence, where he received the patronage of Cosimo de' Medici. His works include the San Marco Altarpiece and the Deposition of Christ, both made for the convent of San Marco. Painting exclusively religious subjects throughout his career, Angelico completed commissions in Rome under the patronage of Popes Eugene IV and Nicholas V. Angelico was a pioneer of the artistic trends that came to distinguish the early Renaissance, namely linear perspective and a greater attention to depth and form than had been practised in the late Medieval period.
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