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<\/a>Fig. Pieve, Arezzo<\/p><\/div>\n
Prior to Mercantini\u2019s publication of 1980, the site of this chapel was not known, although Ristori in 1928 placed it nearby.2<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0 The chapel having been built in the fifteenth century, Mercantini believes Rosso\u2019s design for it would perhaps have been to transform its interior.\u00a0 This is likely, and it would have provided an appropriate setting for the altarpiece of the Madonna della Misericordia<\/i> that he designed at the same time.\u00a0 Or Rosso could instead have designed a chapel for his painting, like that in his drawing in the British Museum (Fig.D.37a<\/a>).\u00a0 There is, however, no reason to dismiss entirely the possibility that he redesigned also the exterior of the chapel, or designed an entirely new chapel to replace the old one.\u00a0 Whatever he designed it should be kept in mind that the already built chapel was for the Volto Santo and Rosso\u2019s plans might have had to accommodate this image, unless his project was for an entirely new dedication.<\/p>\n No evidence survives for this architectural project nor is it known if Rosso made one or more drawings for it.\u00a0 In the inventory of those facilities under the protection of the Fraternita made in 1508 the chapel of the Volto Santo is listed as having been built as the result of deliberations of 1436, suggesting that if Rosso\u2019s design was for a wholly new structure, it was not built.\u00a0 But as Rosso never executed his altarpiece for this chapel, it is probable that his architectural project was also never realized.<\/p>\n