Guido di Pietro, a Florentine artist and Dominican friar, gained such a reputation for painting angles that by time he died in 1455, he was known as Fra Angelico (“Brother Angel”) Now, on the 550th anniversary of his death, New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art is mounting Fra Angelico, the first comprehensive showing of his work in half a century. On view will be his drawings, paintings (including Annunciatory Angel), and manuscript illuminations from collections in Europe and America. A don’t miss for lovers of art (or Angels), this show should prove to nothing less than heavenly. (metmuseum.org) - print -2009.
https://www.metmuseum.org/essays/fra-angelico-guido-di-pietro-ca-1395-1455
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