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Archangel Garbriel w/ Trumpet Antique Print "Gloria in Excelsis" - Glory to God in the Highest / Artist: Fra Angelico (Image1)

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Item Number: 1245

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Circa: 1910
Condition: Excellent Original Condition
Size: Frame Measurements: Height – 14 ¾" Width – 8"

This is a very special antique print of the Archangel Gabriel playing his famous trumpet. This picture was originally painted by famous artist, Fra Angelico and is a detail from the Linaiuoli Triptych. This loving angel, whose name means, "Hero of God" is commonly known for being the bearer of good news. "Gloria in excelsis Deo" (Latin for "Glory to God in the highest") is the title and beginning of a hymn known also as the Greater Doxology and the Angelic Hymn. The hymn begins with the words that the angels sang when the birth of Christ was announced to shepherds in Luke 2:14. In this print, Gabriel’s face and red robe are highly detailed and beautiful. This picture is bright and vibrant. The gold textured matting is arched above Gabriel. Under him, in large fancy lettering reads, "Gloria in Excelsis", which translates to "Glory to God in the Highest". Original, gold painted, wood frame. The paper backing is torn. Old wire hanger and glass. This piece is in excellent original condition with very minor age-appropriate wear. Circa 1910.

*** I've included a short interesting BIO ABOUT THE FAMOUS LISTED ARTIST, FRA ANGELICO:

Fra Angelico, whose real name was Guido di Pietro, was born sometime between 1395 and 1400 in Vicchio, a small town near Florence.

For a long time, there was a bit of an uncertainty over his birth-date – the exact day is still not known, but he was thought to have been born earlier than the aforementioned dates - and the fine details of his life still remain shrouded. Fra Angelico lived in the early years of the Renaissance, when, unlike later during the High Renaissance, artists hadn't yet achieved the elevated status where every notable personal trait was recorded for posterity.

The first time that Fra Angelico was written about in any great detail was, after his death, in Giorgio Vasari's 'Lives of the Artists'. Here he is depicted as a rather unworldly, saintly personality, who cared for religion and religion alone. His work tells you differently – when I look at it, I see a brilliant colorist, a brilliant draftsman, a brilliant man with a broad, humanist vision.

As a young man, Fra Angelico was a successful and rather well-known painter. According to Vasari, he was so in demand with art patrons that he could have made a mint and lived on happily in the secular world. However he was strongly inclined towards religion and entered the Dominican Order and devoted his talent, without any expectation of personal compensation, for the Church's benefit henceforth. He worked first at the San Domenico Monastery in Fiesole and later at the San Marco Monastery in Florence. He took on the name of Fra Giovanni da Fiesole. The title 'Fra Angelico' was bestowed upon him posthumously – for his angelic temperament and the angelic beauty with which he infused his paintings.

Most of the paintings by Fra Angelico are based on Biblical themes. Art for art's sake was not in vogue then. Paintings were meant to celebrate Christ and the Christian religion. However Fra Angelico's works show a keen interest in earthly existence as well – his figures are realistic and show a remarkable study of perspective and chiaroscuro. His painting 'The Deposition' is the first painting of the Renaissance to incorporate a well-composed foreground with a realistically receding background landscape.

Apparently his work was first noticed by Pope Eugenius IV when he was in exile from Rome and stayed for a while at the San Marco Monastery. He liked the paintings so much that when eventually he returned to Rome, he invited Fra Angelico to come paint frescoes in the Capella del Sacramento of St. Peter's. These frescoes, unfortunately, have since been destroyed.

During his sojourn in Rome, Fra Angelico's steady, calm temperament won him the admiration of Pope Nicholas V and he was offered position as the Archbishop of Florence. Fra Angelico turned down this offer. He was already Prior of the San Marco Monastery and he was not ambitious. All he wanted was a simple, uncomplicated life and the chance to paint in the service of the Church.

He returned to the San Marco Monastery in 1450, but two years later, his term as Prior having ended, he went back to Rome to paint more frescoes for the Pope.

He died on 18 February 1455 in the monastery of Santa Maria sopra Minerva in Rome. He was in his mid-fifties.

- This Bio was cited from the following website: http://www.buzzle.com/articles/fra-angelico-painter-early-renaissance.html

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