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ANGELICO, Fra: Crucifixion with St Dominic (Cell 17)

🖼 Crucifixion with St Dominic (Cell 17), c. 1442
Fresco
155 × 80 cm
Florence, Italy

Stark simplicity dominates this cell fresco: Christ suspended on bare cross while Dominican friar kneels in devotional witness, rendered in delicate tempera. Painted for monastic meditation, it exemplifies Fra Angelico's spiritual intensity and the Renaissance integration of faith with artistic innovation.

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E. H. Gombrich
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