Overview
From 26 September, 2025 to 25 January, 2026, a major exhibition dedicated to Beato Angelico will be held in Florence, set up between Palazzo Strozzi and the Museum of San Marco.
Fra' Giovanni da Fiesole, better known as Beato Angelico, was among the most important Italian painters of the first half of the 15th century. His unmistakable style is one of harmony, light and spirituality. Dedicated to him is this exceptional exhibition, which will be developed through two exhibition spaces: Palazzo Strozzi, a Renaissance palace that is home to the city's main exhibitions, and the Museo di San Marco (the evocative convent environment where the celebrated friar-painter lived and worked), which holds the highest concentration of Angelico's works.
The exhibition will highlight the great painter's artistic parabola, from his late Gothic beginnings to his progressive acquisition of the Renaissance style, comparing him with great artists: painters (Masaccio, Filippo Lippi, Jan van Eyck, Lorenzo Monaco) and sculptors (Ghiberti, Michelozzo and Luca della Robbia).
On the occasion, many works will be restored and brought together for the first time, thanks in part to a series of loans from the world's leading museum institutions (Louvre in Paris, Metropolitan Museum in New York, Gemäldegalerie in Berlin, National Gallery in Washington, Alte Pinakothek in Munich, Philadelphia Museum of Art.
