Museo Diocesano di Arte Sacra
- Piazza XX Settembre – Chiesa di Sant’Agostino
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La Storia:
Al suo interno, oltre all’arredo originario della chiesa si possono ammirare tra le altre cose:
– busto in terracotta invetriata di San Lino, volterrano e II° Papa
– Madonna con Bambino e Santi di Daniele Ricciarelli “da Volterra”
– Madonna con Bambino e Santi di Rosso Fiorentino
– Crocefisso in bronzo del Giambologna
– Madonna in trono e Santi di Giovan Paolo Rossetti.
Sono esposti numerosi paramenti e arredi sacri che qui ritrovano la loro naturale collocazione.
The exhibit includes:
- Glazed terracotta bust of Saint Linus from Volterra and II° Pope
- Madonna and Child with Saints by Daniele Ricciarelli from Volterra
- Madonna and Child with Saints by Rosso Fiorentino
- Crucifix in bronze by Giambologna
- Madonna enthroned with Saints by Giovan Paolo Rossetti
- a rich collection of ecclesiastical vestments and furnishings
In the Chapel of the Holy Innocents, to the right of the high altar, one of the two masterpieces by Giovambattista di Jacopo, known as Rosso Fiorentino: the “Madonna Enthroned between Saints John the Baptist and Bartholomew”, painted in 1521 for the ancient parish church of Villamagna.
In the chapel to the left of the high altar is a panel by the greatest 17th-century Volterran painter, Baldassarre Franceschini, depicting Saints Thomas of Villanova and Clare of Montefalco. This panel frames the tabernacle where the relic of the Holy Thorns from Christ’s crown was kept.
In the last display case on the left on the dais is a precious two-volume antiphonary, richly illuminated in 1300 by an Augustinian monk.
On the wall of the church is the door leading to the sacristy, which preserves the original 17th-century furniture and two display cases containing precious goldsmith works, including modern ones.
Returning to the church, finally, on the way out, it’s worth stopping by the “Madonna Enthroned between Saints Peter and Paul,” a panel painted in 1545 for the small rural church of Ulignano by Daniele Ricciarelli. Volterra, better known as “il Braghettone” for having dressed the nudes of Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel.