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title: Portrait of Fra Angelico, detail
author: Luca Signorelli
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/21348/portrait-of-fra-angelico-detail/
format: machine-readable-alternate
updated: 2025-12-07
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# Portrait of Fra Angelico, detail
_Authored by Luca Signorelli_
## Image File
[](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/21348.jpg)
## Image Caption
Portrait of Fra Angelico detail, painting by Luca Signorelli, [Orvieto](https://www.worldhistory.org/volsinii/), c. 1500.
This posthumous portrait by the artist Luca Signorelli is believed to be of Early Renaissance artist and friar, Fra Angelico. It is included as part of a larger [fresco](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/Fresco/), *The Preaching and Rule of the Antichrist*, c. 1499-1504, and can be found in the Chapel of San Brizio at the Orvieto Cathedral, where Fra Angelico had also been commissioned to paint.
## Cite This Work
### APA
Signorelli, L. (2025, December 07). Portrait of Fra Angelico, detail. *World History Encyclopedia*.
### Chicago
Signorelli, Luca. "Portrait of Fra Angelico, detail." *World History Encyclopedia*, December 07, 2025. .
### MLA
Signorelli, Luca. "Portrait of Fra Angelico, detail." *World History Encyclopedia*, 07 Dec 2025, .
## License & Copyright
[Original image](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fra_Angelico_portrait.jpg) by [**Luca Signorelli**](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fra_Angelico_portrait.jpg). Submitted by [Hillary Smith](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/hillarysmith/ "User Page: Hillary Smith"), published on 07 December 2025. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Public Domain](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain). This item is in the public domain, and can be used, copied, and modified without any restrictions. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.