Deposition from the Cross

Deposition from the Cross in the San Marco Museum in Florence

Deposition from the Cross (Deposizione, ca. 1432) is an altarpiece originally made for the Strozzi Chapel in the Florentine church of Santa Trinita

Fra Angelico paintings are exhibited in the San Marco Museum in Florence Italy.

Fra Angelico painted the main scene following the death of Lorenzo Monaco who painted the cusps (Noli me tangere — Touch Me Not! / Resurrection / Women at the Sepulchre) and predella panels (Abbot Paphnuntius visiting St Nophrius / Nativity / St Nicholas saving the sailors).

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