Fra Angelico Painting
by ROSSETTI, Dante Gabriel, Pen and brown ink and ink wash, 178 x 114 mm
Members of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, rejecting the constraints of convention, turned to nature and studied ‘the primitives’ including Fra Angelico, whom they admired for the grace and sweetness of his work. In 1853, Rossetti portrayed the friar painting the Virgin and Child, a theme inspired by Vasari.