Detail from Tabernacle of the Linaioli

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by Henk Bekker

Detail from Tabernacle of the Linaioli in the San Marco Museum in Florence

The Tabernacle of the Linaioli (Tabernacolo dei Linaioli, 1433-34) is a huge tabernacle painting by Fra Angelico with a marble frame designed by Lorenzo Ghiberti. It measures 260 x 330 cm.

The central painting is the Madonna and Child surrounded by twelve musician angels and a dove above the Virgin.

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