Fra Angelico, Saint Cosmas and Saint Damian Crucified and Stoned
1438-40
Tempera on wood, 38 x
46 cm
Alte Pinakothek, Munich
The San Marco
Altarpiece
was removed and dismembered in the 17th century during the renovation
of
the church belonging to the Convent of San Marco. The nine images
in its predella depicted the story of Saints Cosmas and Damian.
Only
two of the predella paintings remained in the Convent; all the others
are
now in different museums (in Washington, Munich, Dublin and Paris.
This picture is the
third
from the right on the predella.
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