Coronation of the Virgin
Fra Angelico · 1500
Why it's great
Christ crowns Mary in heaven, with dozens of saints and angels in glowing colors standing in rows beside them. Fra Angelico painted this altarpiece, and a row of small scenes below shows stories of Saint Dominic.
Where to see it
📍 Salon CarréParis, France
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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.
