The Stroll
On 17 August 1379 a resolution of the hospital recorded the existence of a pilgrims' hostel and ordered its duplication in an identical room.
On 17 August 1379 a resolution of the hospital recorded the existence of a pilgrims' hostel and ordered its duplication in an identical room.
Level IV - Floor 1 from the Piazza Duomo entrance
On 17 August 1379 a decree of the hospital noted the existence of a pellegrinaio and ordered it to be doubled in an identical room. This vast and luminous space for centuries served as the hospital's meeting place, which was accessed from the Cappella del Manto.
Facing the Passeggio were also the various infirmaries: San Pio, San Leopoldo, San Giuseppe, San Carlo Alberto, today used as exhibition spaces, as well as, of course, the Pellegrinaio.
Along the Passeggio are displayed two statues from the Cappella di Piazza del Campo depicting Saint Thomas by Mariano di Angelo Romanelli and Saint Bartholomew by Lando di Stefano, both active in Siena in the second half of the fourteenth century, and Matteo di Giovanni's 'Massacre of the Innocents', painted in 1482 for the church of Sant'Agostino, arrived at Santa Maria della Scala in 2006.
Artworks
Matteo di Giovanni, Massacre of the Innocents
The Massacre of the Innocents, painted by Matteo di Giovanni in 1482 for the church of Sant'Agostino, arrived at Santa Maria della Scala in 2006, placed in the Passeggio, on the occasion of a temporary exhibition dedicated to the painter. The work is one of four depictions with the same theme executed by the artist over the course of a decade: the panel at the Museo di Capodimonte in Naples dated 1468, the cartoon for the pavement of the Duomo of Siena from 1481, the work for the church of Sant'Agostino and the one created for the Basilica dei Servi in 1491.
The Massacre of the Innocents, painted by Matteo di Giovanni in 1482 for the church of Sant'Agostino, arrived at Santa Maria della Scala in 2006, placed in the Passeggio, on the occasion of a temporary exhibition dedicated to the painter. The work is one of four depictions with the same theme executed by the artist over the course of a decade: the panel at the Museo di Capodimonte in Naples dated 1468, the cartoon for the pavement of the Duomo of Siena from 1481, the work for the church of Sant'Agostino and the one created for the Basilica dei Servi in 1491.
Pietro Aldi, Nero contemplates the burning of Rome
The large painting that has Nero as its protagonist was probably started in 1887 and remained unfinished due to the painter's premature death.
The large painting that has Nero as its protagonist was probably started in 1887 and remained unfinished due to the painter's premature death.