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

Baptism of Christ, detail, Renaissance fresco, 1441-42, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, in the cloister of the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo Nazionale di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. Christ, attended by angels, is baptised in the river Jordan by St John the Baptist, with the Virgin and St Dominic looking on. 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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