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

St John the Evangelist, St Thomas Aquinas, St Lawrence and St Peter Martyr, detail from Sacra Conversazione, or Holy Conversation, also known as Madonna delle Ombre, or Madonna of the Shadows, Renaissance fresco, c. 1443, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, in the east corridor between cells 25 and 26, 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 1443 Angelico Aquinas Assistants Bartolomeo Bleeding Cells Convent Convento Conversazione Corridor Cosimo Delle Dominican Evangelist Firenze Frescoes Guido Martyr Medici Michelozzi Michelozzo Nazionale Ombre Quattrocento Quill Rebuilt Sacra Tonsure Toscana Tuscan Verona Wound

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