How did Fra Angelico influence Fra Filippo Lippi and other Florentine artists?

Fra Angelico exerted a significant influence on the Florentine art scene between 1440 and 1450, impacting even highly accomplished masters such as Fra Filippo Lippi.1

Lippi’s work, while initially grounded in the strong influence of Masaccio, increasingly integrated the "limpid chromatics" and serene color palettes characteristic of Fra Angelico. This stylistic shift is particularly evident in Lippi's later works, such as his second Coronation of the Virgin (c. 1444), which moved away from the plastic, relief-like values of his earlier period toward the serene, harmonious style associated with Angelico. Ultimately, Lippi’s art was enriched and balanced by these borrowings, allowing him to synthesize diverse influences into his own distinctive vision.2

Beyond his direct impact on contemporaries, Fra Angelico’s influence extended to his own disciples and collaborators, such as Benozzo Gozzoli and the miniaturist Zanobi Strozzi, who worked under his direction on projects like the frescoes at the priory of San Marco.3