Fra Angelico Fresco, Convent of St Mark, Florence, Tuscany

Resurrected Christ, detail from Resurrection of Christ and Women at the Tomb, Renaissance fresco, 1441-42, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, in Cell 8, in the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo Nazionale di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. On the left is St Dominic in meditation, and on the right is Mary Magdalene and 3 women painted by Benozzo Gozzoli, 1421-97. 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 1441-42 Angelico Assistants Bartolomeo Benozzo Convent Convento Cosimo Cruciform Dominic Dominican Firenze Frescoes Frond Gozzoli Guido Halo Magdalene Medici Meditation Michelozzi Michelozzo Nazionale Quattrocento Rebuilt Resurrected Resurrection Toscana Tuscan

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