1445_Annunciation_Angelico.txt

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Fra Angelico 1387 – 1455

The Annunciation
fresco (230 × 321 cm) — 1438-45
Museo di San Marco, Florence

Fra Angelico biography

This work is linked to Luke 1:28

Mary and the angel greet each other devoutly. This is a fresco in a corridor of the San Marco convent in Florence. In the background Fra Angelico painted typical Tuscan cypresses.