Address: Piazza S. Spirito, 29
Beside the facade of the church of
Santo Spirito, one of the last
works of Filippo Brunelleschi who left it unfinished at his death
in 1446, is the entrance of the old refectory of the Agostinians.
This large, truss-vaulted room belonged to the oldest part of the
monastery, dating from the fourteenth century. This refectory has
its end wall frescoed, in the traditional way, by Andrea Orcagna
and his brother Nardo di Cione with the Crucifixion above and a
very damaged Last Supper below. Since 1946 the room has housed
the collection of the Salvatore Romano Foundation, an important
antique dealer who left it to the Town Council. It consists
mostly of sculpture, among which the most valuable pieces are an
Angel by Tino di Camaino (l280-c. 1337), a Madonna attributed to
Jacopo della Quercia (1371-1430) and fragments of the altar of
the Santo at Padua attributed to Donatello together with
Byzantine and pre-Roman pieces.
