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This altarpiece was painted for the monastery of Santo Domenico in Fiesole, near Florence. The central panel shows the Archangel Gabriel’s Annunciation to Mary under a portico. On the left, Adam and Eve are being expelled from Paradise. The damnation and salvation of Humanity. The predella has scenes from the life of the Virgin; Mary’s Birth, Her Wedding with Saint Joseph, Mary’s Visit to her cous
Painted for San Domenico in Fiesole, near Florence, where Fra Angelico lived as a Dominican friar, the principal panel of this altarpiece (P15/1) depicts the cycle of Man’s fall and salvation through the episodes of Adam and Eve expelled from Eden and the Annunciation to Mary, respectively. The predella panels (P15/2) depict scenes from the life of the Virgin.
