Crete Senesi
Museo dell'Abbazia di Monte Oliveto Maggiore
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Time table
winter:9:30 to 12:00 and 15.30 - 17.00;
summer:
9:15 to 12:00 and 15:15 to 17:45.
To Groups: Book at Dino Benincasa tel 0577-718567 (meals hours)
This little museum, created from the beautiful “Sala Capitolare” of the Abbey, holds few works of art into the abbey itself and in the parishes of the surrounding landscapes. Mainly created to avoid the disappearance or the deterioration of not garrisoned works, it has become an obligatory stage for the lovers of art who want to visit the territory of the Crete Senesi. The visit is justified by the opportunity of admiring the frescos in the rooms but some works are of a really great artistic value. The museum has been created to continue using periodically the room as a seat of the “Capitolo” of the Olivetan monks.
The works on display:
01 - Maestà by the Master of Monteoliveto
02 - Saint Bernardino of Siena by Giovanni di Paolo
03 - Saint Bernardino of Siena by Francesco di Giorgio Martini
04 - Madonna and Child; Saint Bartholomew by an unknown 16th-century artist
05 - Saint Benedict; Olivetan Saint by Bartolomeo di David (Workshop)
06 - Paul III and Cardinal Reginaldo Pole by unknown artists
07 - Madonna and Child Passing by Francesco Bartalini
08 - Saint Margaret by an unknown 16th-century artist
09 - Virgin and Saint John the Evangelist by an unknown 16th-century Tuscan artist
10 - Madonna and Child, the Infant Saint John the Baptist, Saint Francis, and Saint Catherine of Siena by Francesco Rustici
11 - Blessed Bernardo Tolomei Tempted by the Devil by Antonio Nasini
12 - Crucifix by a Sienese sculptor from the first half of the 14th century
13 - Saint Helena Adoring the True Cross by Paolo Novelli
14 - Portrait of Omero Pier Francesco Mola
15 - Portrait of Prince Mathias de' Medici del Borgognone
16 - Holy Family with the Infant Saint John the Baptist and the Gift of the Vestments of a Saint by a Tuscan painter
18 - Crucifixion by Daniele Lonati
19 - Saint Joseph by Luigi Mussini.
This little museum, created from the beautiful “Sala Capitolare” of the Abbey, holds few works of art into the abbey itself and in the parishes of the surrounding landscapes. Mainly created to avoid the disappearance or the deterioration of not garrisoned works, it has become an obligatory stage for the lovers of art who want to visit the territory of the Crete Senesi. The visit is justified by the opportunity of admiring the frescos in the rooms but some works are of a really great artistic value. The museum has been created to continue using periodically the room as a seat of the “Capitolo” of the Olivetan monks.
The works on display:
01 - Maestà by the Master of Monteoliveto
02 - Saint Bernardino of Siena by Giovanni di Paolo
03 - Saint Bernardino of Siena by Francesco di Giorgio Martini
04 - Madonna and Child; Saint Bartholomew by an unknown 16th-century artist
05 - Saint Benedict; Olivetan Saint by Bartolomeo di David (Workshop)
06 - Paul III and Cardinal Reginaldo Pole by unknown artists
07 - Madonna and Child Passing by Francesco Bartalini
08 - Saint Margaret by an unknown 16th-century artist
09 - Virgin and Saint John the Evangelist by an unknown 16th-century Tuscan artist
10 - Madonna and Child, the Infant Saint John the Baptist, Saint Francis, and Saint Catherine of Siena by Francesco Rustici
11 - Blessed Bernardo Tolomei Tempted by the Devil by Antonio Nasini
12 - Crucifix by a Sienese sculptor from the first half of the 14th century
13 - Saint Helena Adoring the True Cross by Paolo Novelli
14 - Portrait of Omero Pier Francesco Mola
15 - Portrait of Prince Mathias de' Medici del Borgognone
16 - Holy Family with the Infant Saint John the Baptist and the Gift of the Vestments of a Saint by a Tuscan painter
18 - Crucifixion by Daniele Lonati
19 - Saint Joseph by Luigi Mussini.