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Monday
Dec162019

The Annunciation

DateMonday, December 16, 2019 at 9:00AM

Fra Angelico - The Annunciation - 1440-45 - Fresco - Convent of San Marco - Florence, Italy (click photo for larger image)This treatment of the Annunciation is an Early Renaissance fresco, by Fra Angelico, is located in the Convent of San Marco in Florence, Italy. When Cosimo de' Medici (Lorenzo’s grandfather) rebuilt the convent, he commissioned Fra Angelico to decorate the walls with intricate frescos. The subject is focused on the moment when the angel, Gabriel, announces to the Virgin Mary that she will give birth to a son, “who shall be named Jesus”.

Fra Angelico (c. 1395-c. 1455) was a devout Christian and was truly inspired by his faith. Read more about him here on What About Art?


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