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The first art works to be brought to the Opera were pieces of sculpture from the north door of the Cathedral, among them an Annunciation created by Jacopo della Quercia for the lunette, replaced in 1491 with a mosaic by Ghirlandaio of the same subject. These were followed by the sculptures created by Arnolfo di Cambio, Nanni di Banco and Donatello (among others) for the first facade of Santa Maria del Fiore, which was left unfinished and "dismantled" in 1587 at the orders of Grand Duke Francesco I de' Medici.
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