{"id":2183,"date":"2025-12-03T12:05:19","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T12:05:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musei.mugellotoscana.it\/convent-of-bosco-ai-frati-religious-art-collection\/"},"modified":"2025-12-03T12:05:19","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T12:05:19","slug":"convent-of-bosco-ai-frati-religious-art-collection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musei.mugellotoscana.it\/en\/convent-of-bosco-ai-frati-religious-art-collection\/","title":{"rendered":"Convent of Bosco ai Frati \u2013 Religious art collection"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pl-2183\"  class=\"panel-layout\" ><div id=\"pg-2183-0\"  class=\"panel-grid panel-no-style\" ><div id=\"pgc-2183-0-0\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-2183-0-0-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-editor panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"0\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-editor so-widget-sow-editor-base\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t>\n<div class=\"siteorigin-widget-tinymce textwidget\">\n\t<p class=\"p1\">Founded by the Ubaldini family in the 7th century, the Convent of Bosco ai Frati is one of the oldest in Tuscany. It was first home to Basilian monks and, from 1212, to the Franciscan friars.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Between 1427 and 1436, both the church and the convent were rebuilt based on a design by <span class=\"s1\"><b>Michelozzo Michelozzi<\/b><\/span>, commissioned by <span class=\"s1\"><b>Cosimo de\u2019 Medici<\/b><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The artistic heritage is remarkable: the highlight is the extraordinary <span class=\"s1\"><b>wooden crucifix attributed to Donatello<\/b><\/span>, housed in the Chapter House. Other important works include the large altar (1626) gifted by Grand Duke <span class=\"s1\"><b>Ferdinand II<\/b><\/span>, and paintings by artists such as <span class=\"s1\"><b>Jacopo Ligozzi<\/b><\/span>, <span class=\"s1\"><b>Lodovico Cardi \u201cCigoli\u201d<\/b><\/span>, <span class=\"s1\"><b>Antonio del Ceraiolo<\/b><\/span>, <span class=\"s1\"><b>Vincenzo Rustici<\/b><\/span>, <span class=\"s1\"><b>Francesco Curradi<\/b><\/span>, and <span class=\"s1\"><b>Olinto Bandinelli<\/b><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">The collection also includes terracotta and plaster works, including the striking <span class=\"s1\"><b>Last Supper<\/b><\/span> by Fra Edoardo Rossi, alongside the precious volumes kept in the convent\u2019s historical library.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div id=\"pgc-2183-0-1\"  class=\"panel-grid-cell\" ><div id=\"panel-2183-0-1-0\" class=\"so-panel widget widget_sow-accordion panel-first-child panel-last-child\" data-index=\"1\" ><div\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tclass=\"so-widget-sow-accordion so-widget-sow-accordion-default-d9295f5bfa93-2183\"\n\t\t\t\n\t\t><div>\n\t<div class=\"sow-accordion\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel\"\n\t\t\t data-anchor-id=\"contacts-opening-hours\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header-container\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-header\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" id=\"accordion-label-contacts-opening-hours\" aria-controls=\"accordion-content-contacts-opening-hours\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-title sow-accordion-title-icon-left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tContacts &amp; opening hours\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-open-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf218;\"\n\t\t \n\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-close-button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sow-icon-ionicons\" data-sow-icon=\"&#xf209;\"\n\t\t \n\t\taria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<div\n\t\t\t\tclass=\"sow-accordion-panel-content\"\n\t\t\t\trole=\"region\"\n\t\t\t\taria-labelledby=\"accordion-label-contacts-opening-hours\"\n\t\t\t\tid=\"accordion-content-contacts-opening-hours\"\n\t\t\t\tstyle=\"display: none;\"\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel-border\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"p1\">For opening hours, guided tour schedules and access details, please refer to the official website:<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"p2\"><b>www.boscoaifrati.org<\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"sow-accordion-panel sow-accordion-panel-open\"\n\t\t\t data-anchor-id=\"address\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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It was first home to Basilian monks and, from 1212, to the Franciscan friars. Between 1427 and 1436, both the church and the convent were rebuilt based on a design by Michelozzo Michelozzi, commissioned by Cosimo de\u2019 Medici. The artistic heritage is remarkable: the highlight is the extraordinary wooden crucifix attributed to Donatello, housed in the Chapter House. Other important works include the large altar (1626) gifted by Grand Duke Ferdinand II, and paintings by artists such as Jacopo Ligozzi, Lodovico Cardi \u201cCigoli\u201d, Antonio del Ceraiolo, Vincenzo Rustici, Francesco Curradi, and Olinto Bandinelli. The collection also includes terracotta and plaster works, including the striking Last Supper by Fra Edoardo Rossi, alongside the precious volumes kept in the convent\u2019s historical library.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2177,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[137],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-other-collections-and-cultural-places"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/musei.mugellotoscana.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2183","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/musei.mugellotoscana.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/musei.mugellotoscana.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musei.mugellotoscana.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musei.mugellotoscana.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2183"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/musei.mugellotoscana.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2183\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musei.mugellotoscana.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2177"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/musei.mugellotoscana.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musei.mugellotoscana.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musei.mugellotoscana.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}