Fra Diamante: A Silent Witness to Florentine Renaissance Splendor Fra Diamante (c. 1430 – c. 1498), a Carmelite friar hailing from Prato, Tuscany, remains an enigmatic figure in the annals of Quattrocento art—a testament to artistic collaboration overshadowed by circumstance and ultimately lost to time. Born into modest circumstances, Diamante’s early life was marked by monastic devotion. He entered the Order at a young age and quick…