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

Virgin and child, 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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