New; Exact Reprint of 1962 Dujarie Press book. In 1407, a young man of twenty came to the Dominican monastery in Fiesole, Italy. A painter by trade, he humbly asked to serve the Lord in poverty and obedience as a Dominican Brother. Fra Angelico, as he came to be known, is now regarded as the greatest painter of his generation. He lived in obscurity for more than 10 years before he was first commissioned to do a series of paintings for a monastery...