Fra Angelico in the Refectory of San Domenico

1879 · Galleria Palatina (Palazzo Pitti), Florence

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Lorenzo Gelati was inspired by Vasari's description of the devout friar. With palette in hand and head lowered in prayer, the pious Angelico is shown kneeling before his fresco of the crucified Christ in the convent of San Domenico in Fiesole, where he was a friar.

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Fra Angelico in the Refectory of San Domenico

About the Artist

Lorenzo Gelati

1824 – 1893

Italian painter associated with the Macchiaioli group. Around 1850 he attended the Caffè Michelangelo without being a regular member. In 1852 he decorated there the rooms used by the artists with two mural paintings, Tramonto (sunset) and Ruins with the Moon. His compositions are similar to those of Odoardo Borrani up to the point that some of them were attributed to the latter. In the period 1861-62 he regularly visited Castiglioncello where he painted several views.

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