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In the large hall on the second floor, a special section is dedicated to three splendid works painted by Santi di Tito and Alessandro Allori. These were acquired by the Museum in 2012, thanks to the testamentary legacy of Countess Angela France Riblet Bargagli Petrucci.
They are remarkable examples of the artistic climate of the early 17th century in Florence. All three altarpieces, one by Santi di Tito and two by Alessandro Allori, were painted for the private chapel of Motrone Villa known as 'Il Palagio degli Spini' (The Palace of the Spini) in Peretola (Florence). Dedicated to the representation of three miracles of bread, wheat and water, these paintings contain an ideological concept based on the fertility of the earth, which was commissioned to the two artists around 1603 by Geri Spini, a Florentine Grand Ducal official.
