Angelico

Angelico, Fra Giovanni, da Fiesole, a celebrated Italian painter, was born at Murgello, in 1387. He joined the Dominican order of monks at Fiesole, and dedicated his artistic talent to the service of religion, never taking his brush in hand without prayer. Having covered with frescoes the walls of his monastery, he was called to Rome by Nicholas V. to decorate the chapel of the Vatican. His pictures are remarkable for delicacy and finish; the heads of his saints and angels being inspired with superhuman grace and beauty. Two of his finest works, The Marriage of the Virgin and The Coronation of the Virgin, are amongst the most valued treasures of the Florentine gallery. An excellent example, The Resurrection, is to be seen in the National Gallery, London. He died in 1455 at Rome.