His Virgins sit on golden thrones, cloth of gold is everywhere, his angels dance in starry space in gold-embroidered gowns. Fra Angelico himself seemed to have about him a suggestion of sanctity.

“I, for my part, can truthfully say that whenever I see this painting, it seems to be for the first time, and that I can never have my fill of it.” Thus wrote Giorgio Vasari, known as the ...

At times the golden wings of angels appear to be three-dimensional feathers. This last joyous scene, with many onlookers, is quite serene, in softer blues and pinks. Fra Angelico dresses everyone ...

Craquelure in places with light surface dirt. A light 9cm scratch to the bottom left quarter of the painting of the angel in brown. Surface scuffs to the top and bottom of one of the panels with a red ...

1455) is the sweetest, which is why he became known as Fra Angelico. No other light descends from heaven with such poetic radiance. No one else paints such fresh-cheeked angels, tells the old ...

They're not attractive. If it had been Fra Angelico angels, that would have been a different kettle of fish!" ...

At the Ashmolean, it will join a triptych by Fra Angelico currently on display in the Early Italian Art gallery. Its central panel depicts the Virgin and Child with angels and a Dominican saint ...

The modern mind doesn’t easily accommodate itself to the idea that the art of painting may sometimes achieve the status The modern mind doesn’t easily accommodate itself to the idea that the ...

The Ashmolean owns another, later, work by Fra Angelico, a hinged triptych painted in 1450-55 depicting the Virgin and Child with angels and a Dominican saint flanked by St Peter and St Paul ...