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Coronation of the Virgin Fra Angelico, 1434
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Coronation of the Virgin

Fra Angelico Β· 1434

Why it's great

Christ crowns Mary Queen of Heaven in the middle of a crowd of cheering saints and angels. Fra Angelico painted this sparkling scene in about 1434, with gold and bright blue and pink.

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πŸ“ Uffizi GalleryFlorence, Italy

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About the artist

Fra Angelico

1390–1455 Β· born in Vicchio Β· died in Rome

Fra Angelico was an Italian painter born around 1390 who was a Dominican friar. His gentle, glowing paintings of saints and angels in the convent of San Marco in Florence are among the loveliest of the early Renaissance. He died in Rome in 1455.

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