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

Baby Jesus, detail from Nativity, Renaissance fresco, 1441-42, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, in Cell 5, in the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo Nazionale di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The baby Jesus lies on straw in a stable, with Mary, Joseph, St Catherine of Alexandria and St Peter Martyr. 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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