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

Adoration of the Magi and Man of Sorrows, Renaissance fresco, 1441-42, by Fra Angelico, 1395-1455, in Cell 39, 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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