The Last Judgment
Fra Angelico · 1431
Why it's great
Angels, saints and blessed souls dance toward heaven on one side, while on the other side sinners are driven toward hell. Fra Angelico painted this scene of Judgment Day in the 1430s for a church in Florence.
Where to see it
📍 Museum of San MarcoFlorence, Italy
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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.
