The Convent of San Domenico is a Dominican

Dominican Order

The Order of Preachers , after the 15th century more commonly known as the Dominican Order or Dominicans, is a Catholic religious order founded by Saint Dominic and approved by Pope Honorius III on 22 December 1216 in France...

 convent in Fiesole

Fiesole

Fiesole is a town and comune of the province of Florence in the Italian region of Tuscany, on a famously scenic height above Florence, 8 km NE of that city...

, Italy, situated between the hill of Fiesole and the suburbs of Florence

Florence

Florence is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany and of the province of Florence. It is the most populous city in Tuscany, with approximately 370,000 inhabitants, expanding to over 1.5 million in the metropolitan area....

. It was founded in 1406 and completed in 1435 on the initiative of Giovanni Dominici

Giovanni Dominici

Giovanni Dominici was an Italian Cardinal, statesman and writer. His ideas were a profound influence on the art of Fra Angelico.-Life:Dominici was born in Florence....

 and the bishop of Fiesole, Jacopo Altoviti, both of them monks at the Basilica of Santa Maria Novella in Florence.

Fra Angelico

Fra Angelico

Fra Angelico , born Guido di Pietro, was an Early Italian Renaissance painter described by Vasari in his Lives of the Artists as having "a rare and perfect talent"...

 was a monk here, and painted several work for the convent, including the Fiesole Altarpiece

Fiesole Altarpiece

The Fiesole Altarpiece is a painting by the Italian early Renaissance master Fra Angelico, executed around 1424-1425. It is housed in the Convent of San Domenico, Fiesole, central Italy. The background was repainted by Lorenzo di Credi in 1501.-History:...

 and the Coronation of the Virgin (now in the Louvre of Paris). Pietro Perugino

Pietro Perugino

Pietro Perugino , born Pietro Vannucci, was an Italian Renaissance painter of the Umbrian school, who developed some of the qualities that found classic expression in the High Renaissance...

's Madonna with Child between Saints John the Baptist and Sebastian is now at the Uffizi Gallery in Florence.