A guide to the paintings in the churches and minor museums of Florence; a critical catalogue, with quotations from Vasari (1908)
Cruttwell, Maud, Vasari, Giorgio, 1511-1574 · London, J. M. Dent; New York, E. P. Dutton & co. · leaf 173
were painted by Fra Angelico, assisted byhis brother, Fra Benedetto,1 between the years 1436and 1445, in which year he was summoned to Rometo paint the Chapel of S. Stephen for Nicholas V. inthe Vatican. In the Dormitory he fainted, besides other thingsfor the cells and on the facade of the walls,… … 1 Fra Benedetto took the Dominican habit in 1407, at thesame time as Fra Angelico. He was much praised for his THE CONVENT i59 is seated on a low stool, the Angel bending in adora-tion before her. Beyond is a garden. Below isinscribed : virginis intacte cvm veneris ante figvram PRETEREVNDO CAVE NE…
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