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Some decades later Giorgio Vasari saw the painting in the collection of the son of Antonio Segna Guidi (c. 1460–1512), a Florentine banker whose period from 1497 overseeing the Papal Mint ended unhappily, on the rack.  Vasari says that the painting had been a gift from Botticelli, so if he had intended the painting for himself, he apparently changed his mind some time later.Frederick Hartt notes the temptation to see the painting as a defence of Savonarola against his enemies, especially as the black robe with white underneath of Penitence can be seen as that of the friar's Dominican order.  Savonarola was excommunicated on 12 May 1497, but continued to preach until the Florentine government pressured him to stop, ceasing on 18 March 1498.  He was finally executed on 23 May 1498.  Hartt notes "...no one seems to think the painting can be as late as 1497 or 1498.  Why not?"It was later in the Medici collection in the Pitti Palace, and by 1773 in the Uffizi.
Uffizi Papal Mint Giorgio Vasari Savonarola Frederick Hartt rack Dominican order Pitti Palace Vasari