ANGELICO, FRA

((Brother),) born c. 1400, , Vicchio, republic of Florence died Feb. 18, 1455, Rome The Annunciation, fresco by Fra Angelico, 143845; in the Museum of San Marco, original name Guido Di Pietro, also called Giovanni Da Fiesole Italian painter, one of the greatest 15th-century painters, whose works, within the framework of the early Renaissance Florentine style, embody a serene religious attitude and reflect a strong classical influence. Most of his early work consists of murals that he painted for the Monastery of San Marco in Florence while he was in residence there (see photograph). About 1450, near the end of his life, he produced a cycle of 35 paintings for the doors of a silver chest in the sanctuary of the Church of Santissima Annunziata, also in Florence. Additional reading John Pope-Hennessy, Fra Angelico, 2nd ed. (1974).