If St. Thomas Aquinas is called the “Angelic Doctor,” fellow Dominican Fra Angelico could be dubbed the “Angelic Painter,” along with his time-honored moniker that translates to “Angelic Friar.” Fra ...

Fra Angelico (c. 1395-1455), the Florentine painter and friar, may be best known for his beatific Madonnas, swathed in bright blue, flanked by angels, and set against a gold ground. But a spectacular ...

A new exhibition in Italy puts the spotlight on Fra Angelico, whose reputation for piety vied with his undeniable artistic talents. By Elisabetta Povoledo Reporting from Florence, Italy It was a week ...

Christie’s is the same auction house that sold Leonardo’s work six years ago — it was the most expensive painting ever sold — $450 million, and the buyer was probably the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia.

The Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, England has raised $4.48 million ($5.8 million) to acquire a Crucifixion painting by the renowned Renaissance painter Fra Angelico (ca. 1400–1455). This acquisition ...

Florence is celebrating Fra Angelico in the biggest ever homage to the 15th-century artistic pioneer at two major venues in the Tuscan capital with loans from all over the world. It is a double ...

Re “Can a Painting Make a Skeptic Believe?,” by Cody Delistraty (Opinion guest essay, nytimes.com, Nov. 2): I appreciate how Fra Angelico’s painting of Mary being visited by the Archangel Gabriel is ...

Autograph works by Fra Angelico at auction are rare as hen’s teeth. But in its Old Master paintings evening sale on 6 July, Christie’s will offer an early 15th-century gold-ground crucifixion scene, ...

A room with a rounded arch wall and a single small window. In the early dawn, as sunlight pierces the darkness through the window, a fresco by Fra Angelico (1395–1455) painted beside it becomes ...

The most publicized painting of the summer sale season is from the Italian Renaissance — and it’s unrepentantly religious — Fra Angelico’s Crucifixion just sold July 6 at Christie’s for over £5 ...