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

Massacre of the Innocents, 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 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 Annunziata Argenti Assistants Bartolomeo Convent Convento Cosimo Degli Dominican Firenze Frescoes Grieving Guido Herod Innocents Massacre Medici Michelozzi Michelozzo Nazionale Quattrocento Rebuilt Santissima Silversmiths Tempera Toscana Tuscan Voto Wardrobe Weeping

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