October 23, 2017
On 23 October 1461, Florentine painter Benozzo Gozzoli was contracted to paint an altarpiece for the new oratory of the Compagnia di Santa Maria della Purificazione e di San Zanobi, a youth confraternity sponsored by Cosimo de’Medici at San Marco in Florence.
March 26, 2015
philamuseum : Learn about the origins of this painting of Saint Francis of Assisi during this week’s Spotlight Gallery Conversations on Thursday, Friday, or Saturday at 11:00 a.m. ” Saint Francis of Assisi ,” c. 1427, by Fra Angelico
October 15, 2014
philamuseum : Love Italy?