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In the atrium of Santissima Annunziata, the Servite church in Florence, lunette frescoes on the left side of the courtyard portray the life of the patron saint of the order, Filippo Benizzi. One episode from his life had already been frescoed by Cosimo Rosselli in the fifteenth century. Andrea del Sarto turned it into a series with five more scenes in 1509-10. The last painting on the entrance side shows a miraculous cure by Filippo Benizzi's relics. A priest in an apse is showing the holy objects, and the people are approaching from the front and sides. The motifs of an arch and columns harmonize with the real architecture of the atrium.
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