Lot Essay
The Annunciation is based on Fra Angelico's fresco in the upper corridor of San Marco, Florence. The Crucifixion derives from a composition in the Museo di San Marco, Florence, probably by the Master of Cell 2 (J.Pope Hennessy, Fra Angelico, London, 1974, p.206, pls.91, 94 and 95 and p.225, fig.73).