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ANGELICO, Fra: Annalena Altarpiece

🖼 Annalena Altarpiece, c. 1435
Tempera and gold on panel
200 × 235 cm
Florence, Italy

Luminous gold leaf and tempera create a serene Virgin in her chamber, framed by Renaissance architecture and attended angels. Fra Angelico's harmonious composition pioneered the spiritual intimacy that defined early Florentine Renaissance altarpieces, emphasizing divine grace through ethereal light and decorative restraint.

The story of art
The story of art
E. H. Gombrich
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