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These are plans of the ground and upper floors of San Marco drawn by Timothy Koehle for William Hood's book Fra Angelico at San Marco. The plan and legend of the upper floor have been altered by Antje Anderson for the purposes of this project.

Portrait in chalk of George Eliot, ca 1865, by Sir Frederic Burton

The "Madonna della Seggiola" or "Madonna della Sedia" is a painting by Raphael, ca. 1513-1514

This is the library of San Marco in Florence, designed by the Renaissance Architect Michelozzo and commissioned as part of the re-design of the monastery by Cosimo de' Medici (Cosimo the Elder). It once housed a large collection of medieval…

Photograph of three major sculptures on the Piazza della Signoria, as seen from the Loggia dei' Lanzi: Michelangelo's David and Bandinelli's Hercules and Cacus as seen from behind Cellini's Perseus.

This is a contemporary (2019) view of the cityscape of Florence at dusk, from the southern hillsides. The cathedral (Duomo) and the tower of the Palazzo Vecchio are both visible, as well as several of the historic bridges, including the Ponte Vecchio…

A modern-day photograph (2019) of the main cloister of the Monastery of San Marco, Florence

A photograph of the fresco Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saints by Fra Angelico, from the East corridor of the first floor (upstairs) at the Monastery of San Marco, Florence

Fra Angelico, Christ on the Cross Adored by St. Dominic, a fresco on the north upstairs corridor of the Monastery of San Marco in Florence

Fra Angelico's Crucifixion with St. Dominic and other frescoes on the second floor of the Monastery of San Marco