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

St John and St Peter Martyr, detail from Crucifixion with the Virgin and Saints Cosmas, John the Evangelist and Peter Martyr, Renaissance fresco, 1441-42, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, in Cell 38, the cell of Cosimo de Medici, in the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo Nazionale di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. 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 1437-52 1439-44 1441-42 Angelico Assistants Bartolomeo Bleeding Convent Convento Cosimo Cosmas Crucifixion Dominican Evangelist Firenze Frescoes Guido Lapis Lazuli Martyr Medici Michelozzi Michelozzo Nazionale Quattrocento Rebuilt Tonsure Toscana Tuscan Verona Wound

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