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Fra Angelico, O.P. (/ f r ɑː æ n ˈ dʒ ɛ l ɪ k oʊ /; [1] Italian: [fra anˈdʒɛliko]; born Guido di Pietro; c. 1395 [2] – 18 February 1455) was a Dominican friar and Italian Renaissance painter of the Early Renaissance, described by Giorgio Vasari in his Lives of the Artists as having "a rare and perfect talent". [3]
Presentation of Jesus at the Temple by Fra Angelico. Presentazione di Gesù al Tempio is a fresco by Fra Angelico made for the then Dominican Convent of Saint Mark in Florence, Italy. [1] [2] It depicts the dedication of Jesus in the Temple in Jerusalem as the first-born son of His family, as related in the Gospel of St. Luke, 2:23–24.
Giovanni Dominici, OP (English: John Dominic c. 1355 – 10 June 1419 [1]) was an Italian Catholic prelate and Dominican who became a cardinal. [2] [3] His ideas had a profound influence on the art of Fra Angelico, who entered the Dominicans through him.
The Niccoline Chapel (Italian: Cappella Niccolina) is a chapel in the Apostolic Palace in Vatican City.It is especially notable for its fresco paintings by Fra Angelico (1447–1451) and his assistants, who may have executed much of the actual work.
The work is mentioned as by Fra Angelico in a manuscript of the Biblioteca Nazionale di Firenze. [1] Giorgio Vasari writes that it was located in the church of Sant'Egidio at Florence. Two panels of the predella which once was part of the work are known; they portray the Marriage and the Funeral of the Virgin , and are currently exhibited in ...
The Fiesole Altarpiece is a painting by the Italian early Renaissance master Fra Angelico, executed around 1424–1425. It is housed in the Convent of San Domenico, Fiesole , central Italy . The background was repainted by Lorenzo di Credi in 1501.
Fra Angelico and Fra Filippo Lippi, Adoration of the Magi, c. 1440/1460. The Adoration of the Magi is a tondo, or circular painting, of the Adoration of the Magi assumed to be that recorded in 1492 in the Palazzo Medici Riccardi in Florence as by Fra Angelico. It dates from the mid-15th century and is now in the National Gallery of Art in ...
Saint Joseph Gabriel of the Rosary (sometimes José Gabriel del Rosario Brochero; 16 March 1840 – 26 January 1914), also referred to as Priest Brochero (in Spanish:Cura Brochero), was a Catholic priest who suffered leprosy throughout his life.