In either case, but particularly perhaps in Taddeo's picture, the answer to Christ's question, which Leonardo at Milan makes so dramatic, is a foregone conclusion.

The "Crucifixion" on the end wall, at the left, is interesting as having been painted for the Porta S.Gallo (in the Piazza Cavour) and removed here.

All the gates of Florence had religious frescoes in them, some of which still remain.

The great bronze bishop is said to be by Donatello and to have been meant for Or San Michele; but one does not much mind.
One finds occasion to say so many hard things of the Florentine disregard of ancient art that it is peculiarly a pleasure to see the progress that is being made in restoring Brunelleschi's perfect cloisters at S.Croce to their original form.

When they were turned into barracks the Loggia was walled in all round and made into a series of rooms.