Dormition & Assumption Silk ScarfFra Angelicos technical and compositional innovations paved the way for a more modern manner of painting in Florence, and he found favor with important patrons, including two popes. This panel is the third in a set of four reliquaries, or containers for holy relics, depicting episodes from the Virgins life. Nineteenth century enthusiasts celebrated this Dominican painter Fra Angelico (the angelic friar) for the spiritual content and lyrical quality of