Where can you see Fra Angelico in Madrid?

At the Museo del Prado: The Annunciation. Museums move and lend their works, so check before a special journey.

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

The Annunciation, of about 1425 to 1426, at the Museo del Prado. The angel and the Virgin under a loggia vaulted in blue with gold stars. At the left Adam and Eve are driven out of the garden: the fall that the Annunciation will undo.

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?

Painted for the convent of San Domenico in Fiesole. Fra Angelico was an Italian painter, of the Early Renaissance.

Painter, 1395 to 1455

Fra Angelico

The Prado's Fra Angelico is one of his most beautiful altarpieces: the Annunciation under a blue vaulted loggia, with the story of Mary told in the small panels beneath.

Born: 1395, Vicchio, Tuscany, Italy
Died: 1455, Rome, Italy
Movement: Early Renaissance
In Madrid: 1 work in 1 museum

Where to see Fra Angelico in Madrid

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

Museo del Prado1 work

The Annunciation
about 1425 to 1426
The angel and the Virgin under a loggia vaulted in blue with gold stars. At the left Adam and Eve are driven out of the garden: the fall that the Annunciation will undo.

The life of Fra Angelico

Guido di Pietro was born in Tuscany around 1395 and entered the Dominican order, where he was Fra Giovanni. The name Angelico came after his death. In Florence he painted the convent of San Marco, cell by cell, in the 1440s.

Pope Eugene IV called him to Rome in 1445, and he worked for the next pope, Nicholas V, as well. He died in the Dominican house of Santa Maria sopra Minerva in 1455. His tomb is in that church, behind the Pantheon.

What to know

Painted for the convent of San Domenico in Fiesole

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

Fra Angelico: common questions

Where can you see Fra Angelico in Madrid?: At the Museo del Prado: The Annunciation. Museums move and lend their works, so check before a special journey.
What is Fra Angelico's most famous work in Madrid?: The Annunciation, of about 1425 to 1426, at the Museo del Prado. The angel and the Virgin under a loggia vaulted in blue with gold stars. At the left Adam and Eve are driven out of the garden: the fall that the Annunciation will undo.
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?: Painted for the convent of San Domenico in Fiesole. Fra Angelico was an Italian painter, of the Early Renaissance.