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ANGELICO, Fra: Saint Dominic Adoring the Crucifixion

🖼 Saint Dominic Adoring the Crucifixion, 1441-42
Fresco
340 × 206 cm
Florence, Italy

Golden light illuminates Saint Dominic kneeling in profound devotion before the crucifix, rendered with delicate tempera and gold leaf. This intimate devotional image exemplifies Early Renaissance spirituality and Fra Angelico's mastery of religious emotion within monastic spaces.

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E. H. Gombrich
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