Fra Angelico and Assistants
The Crucifixion with St. Peter Martyr

1440s
Fresco
Convent of San Marco, Florence, Italy

St. Peter Martyr is identified by the gash in his skull and his Dominican habit. The woman on the left is most likely the Virgin Mary; she has the same flowing garment in a light purple as in the nearby fresco of the entombment of Christ.

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Photographed at the site by Richard Stracke, shared under Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike license.