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The project of adding a sacristy to the church of Santo Spirito in Florence was initiated in the late 1480s, when the main church, which Brunelleschi had designed in the early 1430s, was near completion.
Giuliano da Sangallo's receiving the commission was due in part to Lorenzo de' Medici's involvement with the church's construction. Giuliano designed a sacristy (1489) and entrance vestibule (1492) located to the left of the nave. The construction of the sacristy (the Rotunda) was completed over the next eight years, while the vestibule was constructed by Simone del Pollaiuolo (known as Il Cronaca) over a three-year period.
Like Brunelleschi's domes for the Old Sacristy of San Lorenzo and the Pazzi Chapel, the dome of the Santo Spirito sacristy is divided into compartments that each contain a lunette with an oculus at the base. Giuliano's dome differs in having eight instead of twelve sections.
The photo shows the dome of the Sacristy.
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