This Saturday we went with some friends to the Isabella Stewart Gardner museum here in Boston. I was very taken with this piece by Fra Angelico of the Death and Assumption of the Blessed Virgin. Unfortunately the image doesn’t do justice to it – the gold and blue are so bright and vibrant – really lovely. Here’s a fairly decent detail.

Interestingly, it also turns out that Mrs. Gardner donated the stone reredos behind the High Altar of our parish.