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ANGELICO, Fra: Perugia Altarpiece (right panel)

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

Luminous gold leaf frames delicate figures in Gothic verticality, with Saint Lawrence clutching his martyr's gridiron amid intricate architectural detail. Fra Angelico's panel epitomizes Early Renaissance devotion, merging Sienese elegance with Florentine spiritual intensity to create transcendent religious experience.

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