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Pages in category "Fresco paintings in the Museo Nazionale di San Marco" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Annunciation (c. 1440–1445) [1] is an Early Renaissance fresco by Fra Angelico in the Convent of San Marco in Florence, Italy. When Cosimo de' Medici rebuilt the convent, he commissioned Fra Angelico to decorate the walls with intricate frescos.
The Annunciation of Cortona was painted by Fra Angelico in 1433–1434, in tempera on panel, 175 cm x 180 cm. [1]. This is one of three Annunciations by Fra Angelico on panel (the other two are in the Prado Museum, and the Museo della Basilica di Santa Maria delle Grazie, in San Giovanni Valdarno.
Above the entrance door is a badly deteriorated fresco by Fra Angelico depicting Christ in Pietà, alluding to the Resurrection awaiting those who nourished by him. Today the room contains works presenting the artistic activity of the second great painter who lived in San Marco at the beginning of the 16th century: Fra Bartolomeo .
Adoration of the Magi by Fra Angelico in San Marco (c. 1441-1442) The Adoration of the Magi in San Marco is a fresco by Fra Angelico in a double cell used by Cosimo de' Medici, created c. 1441-1442. [1] The paintings in the double cell differ in some respects from Fra Angelico's frescos in others cells.
The Croce al Tempio Lamentation is a 1436 or 1440 tempera-on-panel painting by Fra Angelico, now in the Museo nazionale di San Marco in Florence. It is named after its commissioner, the 'Compagnia di Santa Maria della Croce al Tempio'.
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[1] [2] Depictions of the Annunciation go back to early Christianity, with the Priscilla catacomb in Rome including the oldest known fresco of the Annunciation, dating to the 4th century. [ 3 ] Scenes depicting the Annunciation represent the perpetual virginity of Mary via the announcement by the angel Gabriel that Mary would conceive a child ...