The great work of the “Crucifixion” in the chapter-house is in a fairly sound condition, but it has been much repainted. The colour treatment of the background is somewhat unusual, as it is marked out in three distinct and sharply divided bands of colour: the upper portion being of a dark purplish red (the original colour may have been a dark blue), the central horizontal band of a light vellum tint, and the lower, or ground colour, of a golden yellow. The painting of the figures in their present condition is
Photo. Alinari.
Plate 16.—The Deposition in the Sepulchre
Fra Angelico, Monastery of St. Mark
Photo. Alinari.