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

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 saints are (left-right) St Dominic, St Cosmas, St Damian, St Mark, St John the Evangelist, St Thomas Aquinas, St Lawrence and St Peter Martyr. 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 Cells Convent Convento Conversazione Corinthian Corridor Cosimo Cosmas Damian Delle Dominic Dominican Evangelist Firenze Frescoes Guido Left-right Martyr Medici Michelozzi Michelozzo Nazionale Niche Ombre Quattrocento Rebuilt Sacra Toscana Tuscan Verona

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