Lloyd, Christopher — Fra Angelico

Phaidon 1979 1st edition. Imitation cloth, dj, VG/VG. 16pp, 48pp colour plates, edges a little rubbed & bumped, spine of the dustjacket faded. Slim overview of the life & work of Fra Angelico [ 1395 - 1455 ] the Dominican friar and Italian painter of the Early Renaissance. Described by Vasari in his Lives of the Artists as having 'a rare and perfect talent', he earned his reputation primarily for the series of frescoes he made for his own friary, San Marco, in Florence.