. Florence and her treasures. s decoration by Foggini (1692). In the left transept are buried the three Florentine his-torians of the family of Villani—Giovanni, Matteo, and this transept a door leads into the Burial Cloister(Chiostro dei Morti), a court built by Michelozzo andfilled with tombs and monuments, chiefly of benefactors tothe church and monastery. In the corner of this cloisternear the transept is a large glass screen, intended to pre-serve a very famous fresco by Andrea del Sarto from destruc-tion, though the painting has been already terribly defacedby weather and ne
. Florence and her treasures. s decoration by Foggini (1692). In the left transept are buried the three Florentine his-torians of the family of Villani—Giovanni, Matteo, and this transept a door leads into the Burial Cloister(Chiostro dei Morti), a court built by Michelozzo andfilled with tombs and monuments, chiefly of benefactors tothe church and monastery. In the corner of this cloisternear the transept is a large glass screen, intended to pre-serve a very famous fresco by Andrea del Sarto from destruc-tion, though the painting has been already terribly defacedby weather and neglect in the past. The fresco, dating from1525, which is in the lunette above the transept door, repre-sents the Virgin and Child with S. Joseph, who readsaloud from a book whilst he leans against a grain-sack, acircumstance that has given the popular name of the Madonna del Sacco to this work. Vasari considered the Madonna del Sacco unsurpassed for drawing, colour, andcharm of composition ; whilst according to a well-known.
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