897805 The Great Flood and the Retreat of the Water (detail of the man against the fortification at the bottom left), 1446-8 (fresco transferred onto canvas) by Uccello, Paolo (1397-1475); Santa Maria Novella, Florence, Italy; (add.info.: NOTE: Collection of frescoes kept in the cloister bays (the frescoes form a series of rectangular and horizontally organised \'paintings\' surmounted by a bezel). Two of the compositions are attributed to Uccello. This example shows the sacrifice and euphoria of Noah. The other fresco shows the Creation of the Animals and of Adam surmounted by the Creation of Eve and Original Sin. The frescoes were taken off the wall in 1940 and are now kept at the Santa Maria Novella Museum.).