Sagrestia di Santa Trinita, Renaissance sacristy in central Florence, Italy.
Sagrestia di Santa Trinita is a chapel-sacristy entered from the head of the right transept of the Basilica di Santa Trinita, running alongside Via del Parione. Its portal, beside the Sassetti Chapel, has elongated Gothic windows with a Renaissance tympanum and is likely missing its crowning element. The floor is defined by a white and black marble grid, with polished stone friezes such as two feathers within a crown on the steps.
Noferi di Palla Strozzi (1345-1417) left funds in his will for a family chapel, but it was built only after his death, by his son Palla between 1419 and 1423. The design is usually credited to Lorenzo Ghiberti, later replaced by Michelozzo; Ghiberti appears in a 1420 document as supervisor of the carpentry, alongside Cola di Niccolò d'Arezzo, with the cabinetmaker Antonio da Baise at work. Brunelleschi's name is no longer accepted.
The sacristy houses the ornate sarcophagus of Onofrio Strozzi, sculpted by Pietro Lamberti with floral paintings attributed to Gentile da Fabriano. These artworks reflect the prominence this family held in Florentine society.
Access is from the head of the right transept of the basilica, and the sacristy runs alongside Via del Parione. There is no separate street entrance, so you must pass through the church; check that Santa Trinita is open before setting out.
The sacristy once held Gentile da Fabriano's Adoration of the Magi, dated 1423 and now in the Uffizi. Lorenzo Monaco began a Deposition here that Beato Angelico finished about ten years later; it is now at the Museo di San Marco. A terracotta bust of Christ by Pietro Torrigiano also stood here.
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