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When did Fra Angelico join the Dominican order?

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Fra Angelico: Madonna of Humility — Fra Angelico *Madonna of Humility*, tempera on panel by Fra Angelico, c. 1440; in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Fra Angelico joined the Dominican order between the years 1420 and 1422. Prior to this, he was known as Guido di Pietro and was documented as a lay painter in 1417. Upon joining the order and taking up residence in the priory of San Domenico at Fiesole, he adopted the name Fra Giovanni da Fiesole.1