The Co-cathedral of the SS. Salvatore in Montalcino
Sacristy
Now, finally, we reach the last space off the left aisle: the sacristy, the “service room” of the church. Here, where the priests put on their vestments before celebrating, are kept the sacred objects necessary for worship services (monstrances, ciboria, chalices, patens, wine for consecration, hosts) and the liturgical vestments (chasubles, stoles, copes, and miters).
In the sacristy is a canvas showing Our Lady of the Assumption with Saints Hippolytus and Cyprian the Martyr. Painted in 1647 by the Sienese artist Francesco Nasini, it comes from the altar of Saint Hippolytus and Saint Anthony of Padua in the ancient church of the Santissimo Salvatore.
At upper right is the Virgin Mary, floating in a whirl of angels, draperies, and clouds. At the bottom of the picture on either side are Saint Cyprian and Saint Hippolytus, who contemplate in total veneration the figure of the Virgin assumed into heaven. The entire painting is pervaded by strong contrasts of light and shadow, typical of the prevalent artistic style of that period.
In the center of the canvas, a niche has been cut which holds a painted plaster of Paris statue of Saint Joseph holding the Christ Child in his arms. It was sculpted by the Sienese artist Antonio Manetti in 1832.
In the sacristy is a canvas showing Our Lady of the Assumption with Saints Hippolytus and Cyprian the Martyr. Painted in 1647 by the Sienese artist Francesco Nasini, it comes from the altar of Saint Hippolytus and Saint Anthony of Padua in the ancient church of the Santissimo Salvatore.
At upper right is the Virgin Mary, floating in a whirl of angels, draperies, and clouds. At the bottom of the picture on either side are Saint Cyprian and Saint Hippolytus, who contemplate in total veneration the figure of the Virgin assumed into heaven. The entire painting is pervaded by strong contrasts of light and shadow, typical of the prevalent artistic style of that period.
In the center of the canvas, a niche has been cut which holds a painted plaster of Paris statue of Saint Joseph holding the Christ Child in his arms. It was sculpted by the Sienese artist Antonio Manetti in 1832.
