A Bishop Saint, ca. 1425, Tempera on wood, gold ground, Overall 6 1/4 x 6 1/8 in. (15.9 x 15.6 cm); diameter of roundel 5 7/8 in. (14.9 cm), Paintings, Fra Angelico (Guido di Pietro) (Italian, Vicchio di Mugello ca. 1395–1455 Rome), This early work by Fra Angelico dates about 1425 and formed part of the decoration of the frame of an altarpiece still in the church of San Domenico, Fiesole, where the artist was a friar until 1436. The altarpiece was modernized in 1501, and parts of its frame were sold in the nineteenth century
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Bishop Saint, ca, 1425, Tempera, wood, gold ground, Overall 6 1/4 x 1/8, 15.9 15.6 cm, diameter, roundel 5 7/8, 14.9, Paintings, Fra Angelico, Guido di Pietro, Italian, Vicchio Mugello ca., 1395–1455, Rome, early, work, dates, formed part, decoration, frame, altarpiece, church, San Domenico, Fiesole, artist, friar, 1436, modernized, 1501, parts, sold, nineteenth century
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