Of the Order of Friars Preachers, painter, c.1400 - 1455

	"Even more lovely, however, is the wonderful altarpiece he did for the high altar with a Madonna whose simplicity inspires devotion in the onlooker, as do the saints who surround her." I-201 Madonna with the Child, Saints and Crucifixion, San Marco altarpiece
	"Moreover the predella, containing scenes from the martyrdom of Saints Cosmas and Damien and others, is so beautiful that one cannot imagine ever seeing anything executed with more diligence or containing little figures as delicate or as skilfully realised." I-201 The Martyrdom of SS Cosmas and Damien, predella, San Marco altarpiece
	The Martyrdom of SS Cosmas and Damien, predella, San Marco altarpiece
	The Entombment, predella, San Marco altarpiece
	"He also painted the altarpiece for the high altar of San Domenico at Fiesole, which has suffered from being retouched by other artists, perhaps because it was deteriorating." I-201 (In 1502 Lorenzo di Credi converted it from a Gothic to a Renaissance altarpiece. He raised the height to make it square, adding sky and a landscape background instead of the gold.) San Domenico altarpiece (detail)
	"The predella and the ciborium of the Blessed Sacrament, however, are in a better state of preservation, and the host of little figures that can be seen there, in a Celestial Glory, are so exquisite that they really seem to be in Paradise and one could stand gazing at them for ever." I-201 Christ Glorified in the Court of Heaven
	"In one of the chapels of the same church there is a panel painting by Fra Angelico of the Annunciation, showing Our Lady and the angel Gabriel in profile, their features being so well executed, so delicate and devout, that they would seem to have been made in heaven rather than in this world." I-201 The Annunciation, now in the Prado
	"In the landscape one can see Adam and Eve, because of whom the Redeemer was born from the Virgin." I-201 The Annunciation (detail)
	"The predella also contains several other very fine scenes." The Annunciation (predella)