RF2X44B1F–ANGELICO, Fra (b. ca. 1400, Vicchio nell Mugello, d. 1455, Roma) Crucifixion and Saints 1441-42 Fresco, 550 x 950 cm Convento di San Marco, Florence The giant fresco occupies the entire wall opposite to the entrance of the Chapter Room. The saints depicted are, from the left: Cosmas and Damian, Lawrence, Mark the Evangelist, John the Baptist, the Virgin and the pious women; to the right of the Cricifixion kneeling Dominic, Jerome, Francis, Bernard, John Gualberto and Peter the Martyr, standing Zanobi (or perhaps Ambrose), Augustin, Benedict, Romuald and Thomas of Aquino. Around the fresco, o
RM2X43NFJ–ANDREA DEL SARTO (b. 1486, Firenze, d. 1530, Firenze) Holy Family (Barberini) c. 1528 Oil on panel, 140 x 104 cm Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, Rome In his biography of Andrea del Sarto, Vasari mentions this painting right after a panel of the same subject painted for Zanobi Bracci. The latter picture survives: given to Cardinal Ferdinando de Medici it is now in the Galleria Palatina at the Palazzo Pitti in Florence. The picture now in Rome, painted for the same Zanobi, was originally installed in the chapel of the Villa di Rovezzano. Numerous copies of this celebrated work exist. Art hi
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