Museo capitolare di Sant'Antonino
Small museum of sacred art beside the basilica of Sant’Antonino in Piacenza, with 15th-century dossals, illuminated codices and treasury furnishings.
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About the museum
The museum occupies several 16th-century rooms adjoining the basilica of Sant’Antonino and situated above the Chapter Sacristy. It houses furnishings and paintings from the chapels demolished during restoration work carried out between 1915 and 1930, together with works belonging to the church’s treasury.
Among the most important pieces are three 15th-century dossals: two attributed to the Master of the Sant’Antonino dossal, one of which, dated 1425–1430, illustrates eight episodes from the life of the saint, and a third, later one by a painter from Piacenza, with a fragmentary Crucifixion. Also on display are a Saint Antonino from the Lombard school of the late 15th century and a Nativity of Mary attributed to Giulio Cesare Procaccini.
The museum also keeps a 17th-century brandazza, formerly used in Corpus Domini processions, and rare examples of illuminated codices, parchments and incunabula, partly belonging to the basilica’s archive, the oldest in the city, with documents going back to the 7th century.
Highlights
- Dossal with eight episodes from the life of Saint Antonino (1425–1430)
- Dossal with God the Father blessing and six prophets, mid-15th century
- Nativity of Mary attributed to Giulio Cesare Procaccini
- Illuminated codices, parchments and incunabula
- 17th-century brandazza from the Corpus Domini processions
- Operated by
- Capitolo della basilica di Sant'Antonino
- Visitors per year
- approx. 300
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Accessibility
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