A guide to the paintings in the churches and minor museums of Florence; a critical catalogue, with quotations from Vasari . was born1566, entered the Convent of S. Maria degli Angeliin 1582, and died 1607. Its original name was IICestello. The convent was formerly outside thecircuit of the city walls, and belonged to the Bene-dictine nuns till the XIII century, when it was cededto the Cistercian monks of S. Salvadore, under whomit was completely restored in 1479. ^^ ^^^ presentedby Ferdinando II. to the Carmelites, and the monkstransferred to the Convent of S. Frediano. It is nowused as school
A guide to the paintings in the churches and minor museums of Florence; a critical catalogue, with quotations from Vasari . was born1566, entered the Convent of S. Maria degli Angeliin 1582, and died 1607. Its original name was IICestello. The convent was formerly outside thecircuit of the city walls, and belonged to the Bene-dictine nuns till the XIII century, when it was cededto the Cistercian monks of S. Salvadore, under whomit was completely restored in 1479. ^^ ^^^ presentedby Ferdinando II. to the Carmelites, and the monkstransferred to the Convent of S. Frediano. It is nowused as schools, and the nuns have built a church andconvent in the Piazza Savonarola, to which they havetransferred the relics of their patron Saint. Chapter-house (Entrance in Via della Colonna) *PERUGINO. The Crucifixion. 1493-1496. FR. Mentioned by Vasari without comment. (Vas. iii. 584.) 172 S. MARIA MADDALENA DE PAZZI The fresco occupies the entire wall of the chapter-house. It is divided into three parts, filling the archesof the wall. In the centre is Christ on the Cross,with the Magdalen at the foot. Right, the Evangelist. The CrucifixionPerugino. S. Afafta Maddalena dei Pazzi. with S. Benedict; left, the Virgin with S. figures are life-size, and are set in a spaciouslandscape. The fresco is much repainted. It wasbegun in 1493 at the commission of Dionisio Pucci,and was finished 1496. SCH. OF PERUGINO. The Vision of S. Benedict, FR. An interesting work. The Saint, kneeling at the footof the Cross, receives in his arms the body of Christ,which bows towards him. CHAPELS 173 Church. Right Aisle (5th Chapel.) FLOR. SCH. XVI CENT. The Annunciation. 1513. Much damaged and blackened by smoke. In fineoriginal frame, which is dated mdxiii. Above is aninteresting stained-glass window of the XV century,representing S. Francis receiving the stigmata. Left Aisle (2nd Chapel. Cappella de Gigli.) COSIMOROSSELLI. The Coronation of the Firgin,1505. Mentioned by Vasari. (Vas. ii
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