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The museum was founded immediately after the last war to host the collection donated to the city by one of the eminent Florentine antiquarians and collectors of the last century.
The works include sculptures, architectonic findings, paintings, furniture and works of applied art from various sources and epochs ranging from Roman antiquity to the eighteenth century. Among the most important, there are two sculptures by Tino di Camaino, two reliefs attributed to Donatello and a ‘Madonna with child’ by Jacopo della Quercia.
The founder, Salvatore Romano born in 1875 in Campania, was a well-known antiques dealer who frequented the most learned and refined circles in the antique trade in Florence. He distinguished himself in particular for his exceptional ability to recognize artistic quality instinctively and for the passion he put into looking for objects of art and unearthing long-forgotten masterpieces – a real treasure-hunter. In 1939 he bought the first two floors of Palazzo Magnani Feroni, a fifteenth-century building in Via dei Serragli, in order to set up his considerable artistic collection. In 1946 he donated the entire collection to the Commune of Florence to be exhibited in the Cenacolo di Santo Spirito which he directed until his death in 1955.
Museum of the Salvatore Romano Foundation
29, Piazza Santo Spirito, Florence
Opening times:
Monday 10–4 pm
Friday – Sunday 10–5 pm
For information:
http://www.stanzedeitesori.it/
The works include sculptures, architectonic findings, paintings, furniture and works of applied art from various sources and epochs ranging from Roman antiquity to the eighteenth century. Among the most important, there are two sculptures by Tino di Camaino, two reliefs attributed to Donatello and a ‘Madonna with child’ by Jacopo della Quercia.
The founder, Salvatore Romano born in 1875 in Campania, was a well-known antiques dealer who frequented the most learned and refined circles in the antique trade in Florence. He distinguished himself in particular for his exceptional ability to recognize artistic quality instinctively and for the passion he put into looking for objects of art and unearthing long-forgotten masterpieces – a real treasure-hunter. In 1939 he bought the first two floors of Palazzo Magnani Feroni, a fifteenth-century building in Via dei Serragli, in order to set up his considerable artistic collection. In 1946 he donated the entire collection to the Commune of Florence to be exhibited in the Cenacolo di Santo Spirito which he directed until his death in 1955.
Museum of the Salvatore Romano Foundation
29, Piazza Santo Spirito, Florence
Opening times:
Monday 10–4 pm
Friday – Sunday 10–5 pm
For information:
http://www.stanzedeitesori.it/
