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  5. \paperw19995 \margr0\margl0 \plain \fs20 \f1 This painting, which is signed and dated, bears the coats of arms of the Strozzi and Rinieri family, that commissioned the work. The 
  6. choice of subject suggests that the picture was intended to decorate a noble tomb. It is one of the finest paintings that Giovanni da Milano left in Florence.