In the same period Seymour Kirkup, the historian who financed works in the chapel of Mary Magdalene, was the owner of Dante's mask now preserved inside Palazzo Vecchio.
The Dante funeral mask, once thought real, is now believed a lost sculptural portrait. Donated to Florence in 1911, found in Ravenna in 1830.
This tale symbolizes the eternal struggle between good and evil, with San Zenobio prevailing through both strength and wit.
The wonderful decorations on the ceilings were commissioned by Cosimo I to Giorgio Vasari