Painted between 1425 and 1427 by Masaccio ⓘ for the Brancacci Chapel in Santa Maria del Carmine, this fresco depicts Saint Peter ⓘ healing the sick as his shadow falls upon them. The scene forms part of the chapel’s cycle illustrating the life of Saint Peter.
The work exemplifies Masaccio’s revolutionary approach to space, light, and human presence.
Cell 39 on the second floor of the San Marco convent was reserved for Cosimo de Medici. The fresco on the wall is the Adoration of the Magi by Benozzo Gozzoli ⓘ.
This window depicts the Adoration of the Magi, one of the most accomplished surviving examples of mid-15th-century glass painting in Bourges Cathedral. The composition unfolds across four lights beneath a framework of delicate Gothic canopies enriched with gilded tracery and pinnacles.
Agnès Sorel (d1450) was the mistress of King Charles VII of France to whom she gave birth to three daughters to Charles VII.
The stained glass windows in the nave, of the Basilica of Notre-Dame, some attributed to the 16th century, mark a transition from medieval to Renaissance styles.
This Annunciation (1438-1443) frescoe, by Fra Angelico ⓘ, is in cell 3 of the novice accommodation at San Marco Florence.
This fresco by Fra Angelico ⓘ, painted between 1438 and 1443 for the Dominican monastery of San Marco, presents the Baptism of Christ with the clarity, stillness, and devotional intensity characteristic of the artist’s mature period. Set against a serene, winding Jordan River and a stark, mountainous landscape, the composition emphasises the humility of the moment and the contemplative ethos of the monastery for which it was made.
Some of the 16th century and earlier stained glass that can be found in Beauvais France. In particular the works of the le Prince family in Beauvais Cathedral and the parish church of St Ettiene.
The first sequence of sculpture around the choir screen, starting at the western end of the south ambulatory, is the work of Jehan Soulas from 1519-1521. Sculpted from the hard limestone from the Tonnerre quarry, they consist of scenes from the Gospel of James, depicting the annunciation of the Virgin Mary ⓘ to Joachim and St Anne, the birth of Mary, and the presentation of Mary in the temple.
The Cathedral of St Stephen ⓘ, Bourges contains a large number of medieval and renaissance stained glass. The glass panels date from 1210 - 1620 and represents Saints, Apostles, Prophets, and Bible stories.
