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6 that I turn to Simone, the brother of Donato. This master, after completing the door of San Pietro as above-said, constructed the bronze monument of Pope Martin, also in bronze: he likewise executed some castings which were sent to France, with many others, the fate of which is not known. For the church of the Armenians, beside the mills in the city of Florence, Simone likewise constructed a crucifix of the size of life to be carried in the processions, and this he made of cork-tree, to render it the lighter. In Santa Felicita, Simone executed a figure of the penitent Mary Magdalen, in terra-cotta, the height is three braccia and a half, the proportions are beautiful, and the muscular development is displayed in a manner which proves this master to have been well acquainted with anatomy. He also executed a monumental stone in the church of the Servites for the brotherhood of the Annunciation, inlaying the same with a figure in grey and white marble, in the manner of a painting, as we have before said was done by the Sienese Duccio in the Duomo of Siena. This work was highly praised. | The bronze grating for the chapel of the girdle in Prato was also by Simone, as was a basso-rilievo placed over the door of the canonicate, and representing the Virgin with two angels. He decorated the chapel of the Trinity in San Francesco in mezzo-rilievo for Messer Giovanni da Riolo;