Benozzo Gozzoli Fresco, Convent of St Mark, Florence

Man of Sorrows, Renaissance fresco, 1440-41, by Benozzo Gozzoli, 1421-97, a student of Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, in Cell 39, the private cell of Cosimo de Medici, in the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo Nazionale di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. This recessed fresco shows Christ in his sepulchre with his wounds and stigmata, wearing a crown of thorns, alongside Instruments of the Passion. The original convent was rebuilt 1437-52 for Cosimo I de Medici by Michelozzo di Bartolomeo Michelozzi, 1396-1472, in Renaissance style. The interior walls were painted 1439-44 with frescoes by Fra Angelico and his assistants. The convent is part of the Florence UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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1395-1455 1396-1472 1421-97 1437-52 1439-44 1440-41 Adoration Alongside Angelico Assistants Bartolomeo Benozzo Bleeding Convent Convento Cosimo Cruciform Dominican Firenze Frescoes Gozzoli Guido Halo Magi Medici Michelozzi Michelozzo Nazionale Quattrocento Rebuilt Recessed Sepulchre Sorrow Sorrows Sponge Stigmata Thorns Toscana Tuscan Wound Wounds

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