Casa Studio Quinto Martini

About the museum

The Casa Studio di Quinto Martini (1908–1990) is in Seano, in the municipality of Carmignano, a few steps from the Parco Museo that houses his bronze sculptures. Martini, the son of farmers, began modelling animals from the mud of the fields and in 1926 met Ardengo Soffici, who recognised his talent and became his teacher. His works tell of the vitality of the land, the poetry of nature and rural life.

The municipality of Carmignano bought the house in 2009, and in 2016 the heirs donated the works. After restoration, the house was opened as a museum in December 2020 and today, together with the Parco Museo, forms the Museo Diffuso Quinto Martini. The most striking room is the veranda converted into a studio, overlooking the hills that the artist portrayed in many works.

The house holds over a thousand works, including wall paintings, sculptures, paintings and drawings, and it is the only one among the houses belonging to the Associazione Nazionale Case della Memoria to hold such a large quantity of the artist's works. It also contains all the plaster models from which the 36 bronze casts of the park were made, and a series of plaster portraits of writers, artists and intellectuals of twentieth-century Florence. Conservation is carried out in collaboration with the Opificio delle Pietre Dure.

Highlights

• Over a thousand works, including wall paintings, sculptures, paintings and drawings
• Plaster models of the 36 bronze casts in the Parco Museo
• Plaster portraits of cultural figures of twentieth-century Florence
• Veranda converted into a studio, with a view of the hills
• Photographic report on the house by Aurelio Amendola

Permanent exhibition

• La Casa Studio di Quinto Martini – Works by the artist, plaster models of the park's bronzes and portraits of cultural figures, in the original setting of the house and studio.

Founded

2020

Operated by

Comune di Carmignano

Visitors per year

approx. 260

Admission & discounts

Admission is free.

Free visit.

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Getting there & parking

The Parco Museo and the Casa Studio can be reached by car or by public transport; on foot you can reach the Parco Museo by following the first stretch of the route “Le Vie dell'Acqua”. The Parco Museo is at via Pistoiese 167, in Seano.

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