Lorenzo di Credi, a painter and sculptor who is a fervent Wailer, has made a wooden Satan, surrounded by figures of devils, which has been put on top of the whole thing, where it leers down dramatically. “Don’t you mind that being burned?” Girolamo asks him. “We can take it off again before we start the fire.” “No, no. Anything made for Carnival floats was always temporary, and burning will at least give it a good funeral,” Credi says. “It’s a good advertisement for my work. I’m getting plenty of commissions doing what you said in your sermon, Brother Girolamo, more shepherds and fewer kings!”
