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

Virgin and child, detail from the Pala de San Marco, or San Marco Altarpiece, tempera painting on wood, c. 1440, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, in the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo Nazionale di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The painting depicts the Virgin and Child enthroned under an architraved frame, with angels and saints, including St Lawrence, St. John the Evangelist, St Mark, St Dominic, St Francis of Assisi, St Peter Martyr, St Cosmas and St Damian. 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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