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Fra AngelicoSpiritual rock star kickstarts the Italian Renaissance

Christ Crowned with Thorns, 1439

Fra Angelico was an Italian artist born in 1395. Angelico contributed to the Italian Renaissance movement and died on February 18, 1455. Get notified when Fra Angelico's biography is complete:

The Crucifixion

1420-1423

Fiesole Altarpiece

1424-1425

The Annunciation and Life of the Virgin

1426

The Virgin and Child with St. Dominic and Thomas Aquinas

1430

Last Judgment

1431

Saint Anthony Tempted by a Lump of Gold

1436

Christ Crowned with Thorns

1438-1439

Adoration of the Magi

1440-1460

A celibate perfectionist revives classical sculpture

Donatello

1386-1466

Copying Leonardo da Vinci for fun and profit.

Giampietrino

1495-1549

Intimate portraitist and confidant to the queen

Sofonisba Anguissola

1532-1625
13011500
A celibate perfectionist revives classical sculpture
Donatello
"As well as I can"
Jan Van Eyck Fra Angelico
Terra-cotta Master
Luca della Robbia
A master's work erased by war
Rogier van der Weyden

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