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

Virgin Mary, detail from Homo Pietatis or Man of Sorrow, Renaissance fresco, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, in Cell 26, in the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo Nazionale di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. Christ is depicted in his tomb bearing the stigmata, with the Instruments of the Passion. 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 Angelico Assistants Bartolomeo Convent Convento Cosimo Dominican Emotion Firenze Frescoes Grief Guido Homo Medici Meditation Michelozzi Michelozzo Nazionale Quattrocento Rebuilt Sadness Sorrow Sorrows Stigmata Toscana Tuscan

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