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ANGELICO, Fra: Perugia Altarpiece (left panel)

🖼 Perugia Altarpiece (left panel), 1447-48
Tempera and gold on panel
95 × 73 cm
Perugia, Italy

Golden light bathes elongated figures rendered in tempera, their delicate poses arranged in hierarchical composition. Fra Angelico's devotional panel exemplifies early Renaissance spirituality, merging Byzantine formality with emerging humanistic grace.

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