\paperw19995 \margr0\margl0 \plain \fs20 \f1 This powerful figure comes from the Billi Chapel in the church of the Santissima Annunziata in Florence. The monumentality t
hat characterizes the work is a consequence of the effect that Michelangelo's frescoes in the Sistine Chapel in Rome had on Fra Bartolomeo, while the deep color tones show his familiarity with Venetian painting.
