Thebaid, Fra Angelico, circa 1420

The panel depicts the lives of the holy fathers in the desert near thebes, taken from theodoret's "historia religion seu ascetica vivendi ratio" where the biographies of thirty holy fathers are collected. Object Type: painting. Date: circa 1420. Dimensions: height: 73.5 cm (28.9 in); width: 208 cm (81.8 in). Medium: tempera on wood. Collection: Uffizi Gallery. Angelico, tebaide