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& Tuscany Guide / Museums
/ San Marco Museum |
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The San Marco Museum occupies the oldest part of a Dominican
monastery rebuilt by Michelozzo from 1436
to 1446 by appointment of Cosimo de' Medici
the Elder.  The
building is a enormous complex with all
the sobriety and elegance typical of Florentine
Renaissance architecture.
The building has an extraordinary
collection of paintings by Fra Angelico
who lived and lived in the monastery in
1387 and 1400-1455. These include the
Annunciation and stories from the life
of Christ and the Crucifixion.
A number of the ground-floor
rooms house a remarkable collection of
panel paintings by Fra Angelico. The best
of these are the Last Judgement, the Linaioli
Tabernacle, the Deposition, and the Silver
Wardrobe. The San Marco Museum also houses
a number of works by Fra Bartolomeo (1472-1517),
including a famous portrait of Savonarola.
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