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

Annunciation, detail, tempera painting on wood, 1451-52, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, and his assistants, detail from the Armadio degli Argenti, an ex voto door for Santissima Annunziata depicting the Life of Christ, now in the Dominican Convent of St Mark, now the Museo Nazionale di San Marco, in Florence, Tuscany, Italy. The Virgin and Archangel Gabriel are depicted in an outdoor courtyard area with perspective architectural arcades. 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 Annunciation Annunziata Arcade Arcades Archangel Argenti Assistants Bartolomeo Convent Convento Cosimo Degli Dominican Firenze Frescoes Guido Medici Michelozzi Michelozzo Nazionale Quattrocento Rebuilt Santissima Silversmiths Stool Tempera Toscana Tuscan Voto Wardrobe

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