What was the purpose and setting for Fra Angelico's Annunciation?

a. an altarpiece in a monastery chapel
b. for meditation and prayer in monks' private living quarters
c. for a noblewoman's devotional at her home
d. for the pope's viewing in the Vatican apartments


Answer: b

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