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Fra
[frah;; Italian frah] /frɑ;; Italian frɑ/ (Show IPA), (Baccio della Porta) 1475–1517, Italian painter.
Historical Examples

Bartolommeo showed beautiful invention in masquerades, and was a rare master in making scenic settings for comedies.
Lives of the most Eminent Painters Sculptors and Architects Giorgio Vasari

I do not agree with Vischer in seeing the hand of Bartolommeo della Gatta in the angels.
Luca Signorelli Maud Cruttwell

To give an idea of the style of Bartolommeo of Pisa I shall give in substance the contents of a page of his book.
Life of St. Francis of Assisi Paul Sabatier

I will dictate a letter to Bartolommeo, which Maso shall carry.
Romola George Eliot

The name of Verocchio is best known to the world through the equestrian statue of Bartolommeo Colleoni.
Renaissance in Italy Vol. 3 John Addington Symonds

He had for his companion Bartolommeo Ramenghi, cousin of Gio.
The History of Painting in Italy, Vol. V (of 6) Luigi Antonio Lanzi

The fable of Dana, on the writing desk, is the work of his brother Bartolommeo.
The History of Painting in Italy, Vol. 1 (of 6) Luigi Antonio Lanzi

They have been compared with the draperies of the painters Raphael and Bartolommeo.
Tuscan Sculpture of the Fifteenth Century Estelle M. Hurll

Bartolommeo, again, Plate 19, adds what he pleases to the original story.
The Great Painters’ Gospel Henry Turner Bailey

Pagello, Bartolommeo, his panegyric of Ognibeno da Lonigo, ii.
Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature John Addington Symonds

noun
Fra. original name Baccio della Porta. 1472–1517, Italian painter of the Florentine school, noted for his austere religious works