Sienese art from the Middle Ages to the 20th century: the collections of Monte dei Paschi di Siena on display at Santa Maria della Scala

From September 15, 2022 to January 8, 2023, the Santa Maria della Scala Museum Complex presents the exhibition Sienese Art. From the Late Middle Ages to the Twentieth Century in the Collections of Monte dei Paschi di Siena.

The aim of the exhibition is to tell the story of Sienese art from the late Middle Ages to the 20th century, presenting to the public masterpieces preserved in the collections of Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena. Thus, masterpieces by such masters as Pietro Lorenzetti, Tino di Camaino, Stefano di Giovanni known as Sassetta, Giovanni Antonio Bazzi known as Sodoma, Domenico Beccafumi, Bernardino Mei, Cesare Maccari and Fulvio Corsini will be on display, through which we will have the opportunity to retrace Siena’s ancient bond with the figurative arts, through some great artistic personalities and the collections of Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena, which are inextricably linked to the city and its memory.

The collections consist of a huge number of paintings, sculptures and furnishings, mostly of the Sienese school from the 14th to the 19th century, but there is no shortage of 20th-century forays. They are the result of a prolonged historical sedimentation, which began with commissions from a public institution founded in 1472, and continued in times closer to us with important acquisitions and with the setting up, in the 1980s, of museum spaces in the ancient church of San Donato, inside the historic headquarters in Piazza Salimbeni. The collection has also been increased thanks to nuclei of works from the banks incorporated over the years and, in particular, with the acquisition of part of the Chigi Saracini Collection of Siena, among the most important private collections in Italy, which is still preserved in the palace on Via di Città. Of all this, the exhibition will present a thoughtful selection, focusing on the major testimonies of that world-famous Sienese school.

Produced by the Monte dei Paschi di Siena Foundation, the Municipality of Siena and the “Antico Ospedale Santa Maria della Scala” Foundation with the scientific project and organization by Vernice Progetti Culturali-Impresa Sociale, the exhibition will be realized by Opera Laboratori with a sustainable set-up oriented on materials and techniques that limit the impact on the environment as much as possible.

Sienese art from the Middle Ages to the 20th century: the collections of Monte dei Paschi di Siena on display at Santa Maria della Scala

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