A series of 24 marble reliefs with figures from the Old Testament and the Classical world, by Baccio Bandinelli, Giovanni Bandini and Vincenzo de’ Rossi (1547 to circa 1570). These are the reliefs that were removed from Bandinelli’s 16th-century choir enclosure, together with other features, in a bid to “simplify” it during restoration work carried out on the Cathedral interior in 1842. The reliefs depict people in various poses, either naked or wearing a range of different garments. There are no inscriptions to help identify them, but they appear to represent Old Testament characters or Greek and Roman heroes in general. They were originally on the outer perimeter of the choir enclosure; juxtaposed as ideal descendants of Adam and Eve, whose colossal statues stood to the rear of the high altar. This exclusion from the inner circle could also have symbolized their exclusion from divine grace due to the stain of Original Sin, which was only to be redeemed by the sacrifice of Jesus, who is present on the altar both in the sculpture of the dead Christ and during Mass in the sacrament of the Eucharist. The reliefs by Bandinelli (who is also present in this room in a self-portrait, previously over the altar) and his followers are reminiscent of Michelangelo’s muscular anatomies and are among the masterpieces of 16th-century Florentine sculpture.