Fra Angelico was born sometime between 1386 and 1400 as Guido di Pietro in Vicchio near Fiesole in Tuscany. Other names Angelico's are il Beato Angelico ("the blessed angelic"), Fra Giovanni da Fiesole ("Brother John of Fiesole") and Il Beato ("the blessed") - in fact, in 1982 he was beatified as Beatus Ioannes Faesulanus, cognomento Angelicus ("blessed Giovanni of Fiesole, called Angelico") by Pope John Paul II and declared patron saint of Christian artists. He is considered one of the most important painters of the early Renaissance and of Christian motifs in general.
When Guido di Pietro first joined a religious brotherhood on 17 October 1417, he was already working as a painter. In 1418 he painted murals in the Santo Stefano del Ponte. The oldest document that lists di Pietro as Fra Giovanni and brother of the Dominican Order dates from 1423.
Fra Angelico was trained as an illustrator of books, but he also left behind numerous frescoes, other murals and altarpieces. Among the most famous paintings of his extensive oeuvre are The Precursors of Christ with Saints and Martyrs, Noli me tangere (named after a biblical passage: "Do not touch me" - Jn 20:17) and The Last Judgement.
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.jpg "The Annunciation, c1438-1445, c1900-1920 by Fra Angelico")
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.jpg "Adam and Eve Expelled from Paradise (detail) by Fra Angelico")
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.jpg "Santa Trinita Altarpiece, frame and pinnacles by Lorenzo Monaco completed by Fra Angelico")
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.jpg "The Resurrection of Christ and the Pious Women at the Sepulchre (1442) by Fra Angelico")
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.jpg "Madonna and Child, central panel from The Madonna and Child with the Holy Trinity Tabernacle, c.1430 by Fra Angelico")
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.jpg "The Mocking of Christ with the Virgin and St. Dominic, 1442 by Fra Angelico")
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.jpg "The Annunciation (detail of the Angel Gabriel and St. Peter the Martyr) by Fra Angelico")
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.jpg "Madonna of the Shadows, 1450 (detail) by Fra Angelico")
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.jpg "Deposition from the Cross (detail) by Fra Angelico")
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.jpg "The Crucifixion with Saint Dominic. Inscription")
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.jpg "Predella panel to the Annunciation showing the Adoration of the Magi by Fra Angelico")
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.jpg "Angel in Adoration, c.1430-1440 by Fra Angelico")
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.jpg "The Last Judgement (detail) by Fra Angelico")
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.jpg "The Last Judgement (detail) by Fra Angelico")
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.jpg "The Linaiuoli Triptych (detail) by Fra Angelico")
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.jpg "Christ crucified. Inscription \"INRI\" on the cross (detail) by Fra Angelico")
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.jpg "The Apostle Saint James the Greater Freeing the Magician Hermogenes by Fra Angelico")
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.jpg "Christ on the cross between the two thieves by Fra Angelico")
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.jpg "The Coronation of the Virgin (detail) by Fra Angelico")
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.jpg "The Virgin and Child with St. John the Baptist, St. Dominic, St. Peter the Martyr and St. Thomas Aquinas by Fra Angelico")
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.jpg "The Communion of the Saints by Fra Angelico")
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.jpg "The Miracle of the Deacon Justinian, from the Predella of the San Marco Altarpiece by Fra Angelico")
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.jpg "The Last Judgement, altarpiece from Santa Maria degli Angioli (detail) by Fra Angelico")
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.jpg "Madonna of the Shadow (detail) by Fra Angelico")
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.jpg "The Stoning of St Stephen by Fra Angelico")
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.jpg "The Last Judgement (detail) by Fra Angelico")
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.jpg "The Last Judgment: Hell - The Souls of the Damned Subjected to Torture in the Circles of Hell, 1432-1435 by Fra Angelico")
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.jpg "Crucifixion and Saints (detail of the skull at the foot of the Cross) by Fra Angelico")
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.jpg "Predella Panel to the Annunciation Showing the Marriage of the Virgin and the Visitation by Fra Angelico")
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.jpg "St Laurence giving alms to the Poor, mid 15th century by Fra Angelico")
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.jpg "The Last Judgement, Altarpiece from Santa Maria degli Angioli by Fra Angelico")
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.jpg "Crucifixion with Saints Cosmas, John, and Peter Martyr by Fra Angelico")
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.jpg "St. Dominic Surrounded by Musician Angels (detail) by Fra Angelico")
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.jpg "The Virgin Enthroned Among Saints (detail of an angel) by Fra Angelico")
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.jpg "St. Stephen Preaching and St. Stephen Addressing the Council by Fra Angelico")
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.jpg "Madonna of the Shadow (detail) by Fra Angelico")
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.jpg "The Presentation in the Temple by Fra Angelico")
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.jpg "Christ Rising from His Tomb. 1438/1445. Fresco by Guido di Pietro by Fra Angelico")
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_The_Virgin_and_Child_enthroned_with_-_(MeisterDrucke-182443).jpg "The Linaiuoli Triptych: The Virgin and Child enthroned with St. John the Baptist and St. Mark, 1433 by Fra Angelico")
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.jpg "The Trial by Fire of St. Francis before the Sultan by Fra Angelico")
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.jpg "Christ Before Caiaphus (detail) by Fra Angelico")
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.jpg "SS. Francis and Onuphrius, side panel from The Madonna and Child with the Holy Trinity Tabernacle by Fra Angelico")
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.jpg "Virgin of Humility by Fra Angelico")
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.jpg "Madonna of Humility with Christ Child and Angels by Fra Angelico")
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.jpg "The Last Judgement (detail) by Fra Angelico")
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.jpg "Missal 558 f.73v Historiated initial")
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.jpg "Christ Rising from his Tomb, c.1438-45 by Fra Angelico")
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