Original: Fra Angelico (c. 1395 â "February 18, 1455), born Guido di Pietro, was an Early Italian Renaissance painter described by Vasari in his Lives of the Artists as having" a rare and perfect talent ".
Simplified: Fra Angelico (c. 1385 - February 18, 1455), was an Italian Early Renaissance painter. Giorgio Vasari, who wrote the Lives of the Artists said he had "a rare and perfect talent".