The 484 Artworks of Fra Angelico

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Fra Angelico - The Mockery of ChristThe Mockery of ChristFra Angelico

This is the fresco on the wall of Cell 7 of the Convento di San Marco in Florence. The contemplative restraint of the San Marco frescoes is nowhere better illustrated than in The Mocking of Christ. Rather than paint Christ's humiliations in their full violence in a complex narrative work, they are r...

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Fra Angelico - Transfiguration of ChristTransfiguration of ChristFra Angelico

Transfiguration of Christ (1440-42) is a Fresco by the an Early Italian Renaissance painter Fra Angelico. This is the fresco on the wall of Cell 6 of the Convento di San Marco in Florence. In this fresco Christ stands on a rock, prefiguring his rising from the tomb. His arms are outstretched and in ...

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Fra Angelico - The Naming of JohnThe Naming of JohnFra Angelico

There are four panels in various collections which belonged originally to the predella of an unidentified altarpiece. The panels illustrate stories from the legends of the Virgin Mary, the apostle St James the Great, St John the Baptist, and Sts Francis and Dominic. The scenes are the following: The...

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Fra Angelico - The Last JudgementThe Last JudgementFra Angelico

Last Judgement is a (Tempera on panel) painting by the an Early Italian Renaissance painter Fra Angelico. It is painted in 1431. The Last Judgement was painted for the church of Santa Maria degli Angeli in Florence. It was first described in the church on the right side of the choir, where the pries...

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Fra Angelico - Annalena AltarpieceAnnalena AltarpieceFra Angelico

Although the original location of this altarpiece is the Convento di San Vincenzo d'Annalena, it seems to have been painted for the double chapel of the Medici family, dedicated to Sts Cosmas and Damian and located on the south transept of San Lorenzo, Florence. In the mid-1430s, San Lorenzo was sti...

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Fra Angelico - The DepositionThe DepositionFra Angelico

The Deposition from the Cross is a painting of the Deposition of Christ by the Italian Renaissance master Fra Angelico, executed between 1432 and 1434. It is now housed in the National Museum of San Marco, Florence. Giorgio Vasari defined it to have been “painted by a saint or an angel”. Angelico in...

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Fra Angelico - Touch me notTouch me notFra Angelico

Noli me tangere (1440-42) is a Fresco by the an Early Italian Renaissance painter Fra Angelico. This is the fresco on the wall of Cell 1 of the Convento di San Marco in Florence. The brilliance of the early morning is real enough, but the irradiating light, the floating rather than walking figure of...

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Fra Angelico - Certosa del Galluzzo TriptychCertosa del Galluzzo TriptychFra Angelico

The altarpiece Madonna and Child with Saints Jerome, John the Baptist, Francis and Onophrius is known as the Compagnia di San Francesco Altarpiece. Fra Angelico's renown extended beyond the congregations of his Order. In accord with the mission of Saint Dominic to evangelize, the friar expressed the...

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Fra Angelico - Coronation of the VirginCoronation of the VirginFra Angelico

This is the fresco on the wall of Cell 9 of the Convento di San Marco in Florence. The glory of St Mary, a theme dear to Angelico is acclaimed by six kneeling saints. The saints represented on the lower part are (from the left) St Thomas, St Benedict, St Dominic, St Francis, St Peter the Martyr and ...

Musée du Louvre (Paris, France)
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Fra Angelico - San Marco AltarpieceSan Marco AltarpieceFra Angelico

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, and was completed sometime between 1438 and 1443. In addition to the...

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Fra Angelico - Christ in LimboChrist in LimboFra Angelico

This is the fresco on the wall of Cell 31 of the Convento di San Marco in Florence. In contrast to most frescoes in the cells of the friars and novices, those in the corridor of the lay brethren are illustrative narratives that closely follow the Gospel of Matthew. These portrayals were directed to ...

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Fra Angelico - Madonna Surrounded by AngelsMadonna Surrounded by AngelsFra Angelico

Here Angelico shows an increasing command of space and an equal interest in its depiction. He has added a carefully rendered, elegant throne raised over three steps, which fills the greater part of the panel and produces a bold spatial statement. Its top takes the form of a hexagonal cupola, but thi...

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Fra Angelico - AnnunciationAnnunciationFra Angelico

The Annunciation (1442-43) is a Fresco by the an Early Italian Renaissance painter Fra Angelico. This fresco is situated on the wall of the northern corridor on the upper floor in front of the staircase in the Convento di San Marco in Florence. It was painted on Angelico's return from Rome in 1450, ...

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Fra Angelico - Madonna and Child with AngelsMadonna and Child with AngelsFra Angelico

Fra Angelico's earliest paintings are generally dated in the early 1420s. However, it seems likely that several were executed before the 1420s, for they interpret themes associated with Lorenzo Monaco in a style and sensibility closely related to that of the master. They may be attributed to Angelic...


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