The Last Judgement (Winged Altar)

Fra Angelicoaround 1395

Details

Title: The Last Judgement (Winged Altar)
Creator: Angelico Giovanni da Fiesole
Date Created: around 1395
Type: Painting
External Link: Gemäldegalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Medium: Poplar wood
Style: Italian
Copyright Text: // Photo: © http://www.bpk-images.de, b p k - Photo Agency / Gemäldegalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Jörg P. Anders
Collection: Gemäldegalerie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Artist information: Fra Angelico was a highly praised early Renaissance painter in his own lifetime. He initially received training as an illuminator. The painter Lorenzo Monaco may have contributed to his art training and his works show a notable influence of the Sienese school. His first paintings were an altarpiece and a painted screen for the Carthusian monastery of Florence. Between 1418 and 1436 he executed several frescoes for the church of the convent of Fiesole, where he also lived. He later went to Florence, where he completed one of his most famous works, the altarpiece for San Marco. He was later called to Rome by Pope Eugenius IV to paint the frescoes of the Chapel of the Holy Sacrament at St Peter's. Fra Angelico created artworks which show the transition from conservative Gothic to progressive style of the Renaissance. He held a preeminent position among his contemporaries.
Artist Place of Death: Rome, Italy
Artist Place of Birth: Tuscany, Italy
Artist Gender: male
Artist Dates: 1395/1455-02-18

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