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

Healing of Justinian by St Cosmas and St Damian, detail from the predella of the Pala de San Marco, or San Marco Altarpiece, tempera painting on wood, c. 1438-40, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, 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 Altarpiece Angelico Assistants Bartolomeo Convent Convento Cosimo Cosmas Curtains Damian Dominican Firenze Frescoes Guido Halo Healing Justinian Medici Michelozzi Michelozzo Nazionale Pala Predella Quattrocento Rebuilt Tempera Toscana Tuscan Wound

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