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Ayer, Massachusetts

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The Circumcision of Jesus

The Circumcision of Jesus, one of 41 panels depicting images from the New Testament collectively known as the Armadio degli Argenti paintings, executed about 1450 by the Dominican monk and early Italian Renaissance painter Fra Angelico (1395-1455). Over the centuries, six panels have been lost, but this one and the others are in the collectin of the Museo de San marco, Florence, Italy.

The Circumcision of Jesus, one of 41 panels depicting images from the New Testament executed about 1450 by the Dominican monk and early Italian Renaissance painter Fra Angelico (1395-1455). They were commissioned by Piero de Medici for the doors of a cupboard (called Armadio degli Argenti) at the San Marco convent in Florence, Italy.

Over the centuries, six panels have been lost, but this one and the others remain at the convent, known now as the Museo de San Marco, where they can still be seen.

To view a larger image of the mosaic, click on the image above.