Fra Angelico (1386-1455)

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Name (English)
Fra Angelico
Short name
Fra Angelico
Year of birth
1386
Year of death
1455
Short Description
"Fra Angelico (born Guido di Pietro; c. 1395 – February 18, 1455) was an Italian painter of the Early Renaissance, described by Vasari in his Lives of the Artists as having "a rare and perfect talent".

He was known to contemporaries as Fra Giovanni da Fiesole (Brother John of Fiesole) and Fra Giovanni Angelico (Angelic Brother John). In modern Italian he is called Beato Angelico (Blessed Angelic One); the common English name Fra Angelico means the "Angelic friar".

In 1982, Pope John Paul II proclaimed his beatification in recognition of the holiness of his life, thereby making the title of "Blessed" official. Fiesole is sometimes misinterpreted as being part of his formal name, but it was merely the name of the town where he took his vows as a Dominican friar, and was used by contemporaries to separate him from others who were also known as Fra Giovanni. He is listed in the Roman Martyrology as Beatus Ioannes Faesulanus, cognomento Angelicus—"Blessed Giovanni of Fiesole, surnamed ´the Angelic´ "." - (en.wikipedia.org 04.12.2019)
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  • Fra Angelico da Fiesole: Feuerprobe des Heiligen Franziskus vor dem Sultan. 1429

    Fra Angelico da Fiesole: Feuerprobe des Heiligen Franziskus vor dem Sultan. 1429

    Das Predellentäfelchen des...

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    Image: Lindenau-Museum Altenburg - CC BY-NC-SA

  • Wandkalender Fra Angelico, September- und Oktoberblatt 1910

    Wandkalender Fra Angelico, September- und Oktoberblatt 1910

    Das September- und...

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    Image: Historisches Museum der Pfalz, Speyer - CC BY

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