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While a Dominican monk at San Marco’s monastery in Florence, Fra Angelico (1395–1455) was commissioned to paint frescoes in the meeting rooms and dormitory cells of the lay brothers, novices, and clergy. With the help of assistants, he painted more than 40 frescoes at San Marco, most of them depicting scenes of Christ’s crucifixion. The Transfiguration was painted in Cell 6, which belonged to one of the clerics. Christ stands on a rock with outstretched arms, foreshadowing his crucifixion.

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