That Andrea had not wholly neglected his own family is proved by his
will, which left his property (after paying back Lucrezia's _dot_
of 100 scudi, and the money for the improvement of the new house in Via
Crocetta for her and her daughter) to his brother Domenico, with the
proviso that after his death half the bequest should be given to
Domenico's daughter as _dot_, the rest to accrue to the hospital
of the Innocenti (Foundlings). [Footnote: Ricordanze nel Archivio del
E. Spedate degli Innocenti di Firenze. Biadi, _Notizie_, p. 127.]
Lucrezia lived to a good old age, being nearly ninety when she died;
she seems to have lived a very quiet life, and to have kept Andrea's
paintings with great care, except a few only which she sold. The house
in Via Crocetta passed many years afterwards into the possession of
another painter, Zuccheri, who embellished the studio front with
reliefs in stone, representing the paraphernalia of an atelier; but it
is Andrea's name which lives in the house, as his memory does in the
hearts of the Florentine people, and his works in the cloisters of the
Florentine churches.
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