At the top of the flight of stairs leading to the sleeping quarters of the Convent of San Marco in Florence is arguably the most-famous, and most-copied work ever of Fra Angelico. This large Annunciation fresco (1439-43) shows the archangel Gabriel announcing to Mary that she is pregnant with the son of God.
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