Scenes from the Life of Jesus / Armadio degli Argenti (1452 Angelico), art
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Scenes from the Life of Jesus / Armadio degli Argenti (1452) is a cycle of paintings by the workshop of Fra Angelico, at Museo di San Marco, Florence, Italy.
In 1451-52 Piero de' Medici commissioned a massive wooden cabinet to safeguard the precious silver votive offerings at Santissima Annunziata, one of the most venerable churches in Florence. Fra Angelico and his helpers (including Alesso Baldovinetti) painted the movable shutters with 41 Scenes from the Life of Jesus, of which 35 have survived and are now preserved at the Museo di San Marco, Florence, Italy.