Museo Civico e Diocesano d'Arte Sacra di San Galgano
Sacred art museum in the Palazzo Taddei in Chiusdino with works linked to Saint Galgano from the churches of the area.
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About the museum
The museum was established in 2015 through an agreement between the Comune di Chiusdino, owner of the building and managing body, and the Archdiocese of Siena-Colle di Val d'Elsa-Montalcino, representing the parishes from which most of the works come. It was inaugurated on 20 December 2015 with a contribution from Monte dei Paschi di Siena.
The seat is the Palazzo Taddei, in the historic centre of Chiusdino next to the town hall, the residence of the Taddei family from the late 17th to the late 20th century; the renovation is by the architect Paolo Zermani. The museum is named after Saint Galgano, a knight and hermit born in Chiusdino in the 12th century, because most of the works on display relate to him.
The collections include bas-reliefs, paintings on panel and canvas, sacred goldsmiths' work, reliquaries and votive offerings from the parish churches and chapels of the area, including a bas-relief by Giovanni di Agostino, a relief by Urbano da Cortona dated 1446, the panel by Niccolò di Segna dated 1336 from the hermitage of Montesiepi, and the liturgical furnishings of Cardinal Giuseppe Maria Feroni.
Highlights
- Bas-reliefs with scenes from the life of Saint Galgano by Giovanni di Agostino and Urbano da Cortona
- Madonna and Child by Niccolò di Segna (1336) from the Montesiepi hermitage
- Liturgical furnishings of Cardinal Giuseppe Maria Feroni
- 15th-century stained-glass window with Saint Sebastian between Saint Roch and Saint Leonard
- Ecstasy of Saint Teresa by Carlo Dolci
Permanent exhibition
- Collezione di arte sacra di San Galgano – Works of art, sacred goldsmiths' work, reliquaries and votive offerings from the churches and chapels of the Chiusdino area, largely relating to Saint Galgano.
- Founded
- 2015
- Operated by
- Comune di Chiusdino
- Visitors per year
- approx. 20,811
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