Where can you see Fra Angelico in Florence?

At the Museum of San Marco: The Annunciation, The frescoes of the cells, The Deposition and The Last Judgment. Museums move and lend their works, so check before a special journey.

What is Fra Angelico's most famous work in Florence?

The Annunciation, of about 1440 to 1445, at the Museum of San Marco. At the top of the stairs to the dormitory: the angel and the Virgin bowing to each other under a loggia, in pale colours and plain light.

When and where was Fra Angelico born?

About 1395, at Vicchio, Tuscany, Italy. Fra Angelico died on 18 February 1455, at Rome, Italy, aged about 60.

What is Fra Angelico known for?

Lived in the convent of San Marco as a Dominican friar. Painted a fresco in each of the friars' cells, with his assistants. The museum of San Marco has the largest collection of his work in the world. Fra Angelico was an Italian painter, of the Early Renaissance.

Painter, 1395 to 1455

Fra Angelico

Nowhere else can you see so much by Fra Angelico, and nowhere else can you see it like this: on the walls of the rooms where he and his brothers slept and prayed.

Born: 1395, Vicchio, Tuscany, Italy
Died: 1455, Rome, Italy
Movement: Early Renaissance
In Florence: 4 works in 1 museum

Where to see Fra Angelico in Florence

Each work with the museum it hangs in. Museums move and lend their works, so check before a special journey.

Museum of San Marco4 works

The Annunciation
about 1440 to 1445
At the top of the stairs to the dormitory: the angel and the Virgin bowing to each other under a loggia, in pale colours and plain light.
The frescoes of the cells
1439 to 1444
More than forty small scenes, one to a cell, each an aid to one friar's prayer. The Noli me tangere and the Mocking of Christ are among those thought to be by his own hand.
The Deposition
about 1432 to 1434
Christ lowered from the cross in front of a walled city and a wide Tuscan landscape, painted for the church of Santa Trinita.
The Last Judgment
about 1431
The saved dance in a ring with angels in a garden on the left. The damned are herded into a mountain of caves on the right.

The life of Fra Angelico

Guido di Pietro, known as Fra Angelico, was born near Florence about 1395 and became a Dominican friar. When Cosimo de' Medici had San Marco rebuilt for the order from 1437, Angelico moved there and spent the next years painting it.

He was later called to Rome by the pope, and died there in 1455.

What to know

Lived in the convent of San Marco as a Dominican friar
Painted a fresco in each of the friars' cells, with his assistants
The museum of San Marco has the largest collection of his work in the world

Born: About 1395, Vicchio, Tuscany, Italy
Died: 18 February 1455, Rome, Italy

Fra Angelico: common questions

Where can you see Fra Angelico in Florence?: At the Museum of San Marco: The Annunciation, The frescoes of the cells, The Deposition and The Last Judgment. Museums move and lend their works, so check before a special journey.
What is Fra Angelico's most famous work in Florence?: The Annunciation, of about 1440 to 1445, at the Museum of San Marco. At the top of the stairs to the dormitory: the angel and the Virgin bowing to each other under a loggia, in pale colours and plain light.
When and where was Fra Angelico born?: About 1395, at Vicchio, Tuscany, Italy. Fra Angelico died on 18 February 1455, at Rome, Italy, aged about 60.
What is Fra Angelico known for?: Lived in the convent of San Marco as a Dominican friar. Painted a fresco in each of the friars' cells, with his assistants. The museum of San Marco has the largest collection of his work in the world. Fra Angelico was an Italian painter, of the Early Renaissance.