The exhibition presented at the museum in Impruneta is meant to illustrate how the Virgin can channel hope and strengthen the faith of a people that have turned to her over time as a dispenser of graces, protectress as well as a performer of miracles. The spreading of the veneration for this image kept in Impruneta has led, since the mid-1300’s, to the enlargement of the parish housing her into a basilica, as the gratitude of the devotees gradually has assembled, in Her honor, a very rich treasure. From the museum’s permanent collections, the exhibition intends to highlight some of the most meaningful pieces, magnificent ex voto objects assembled mostly between the 17th and the 18th centuries on the occasion of the majestic processions during which the greatly venerated icon was solemnly transferred to Florence: they are reliquaries, crucifixes, altar paraments and hangings as well as the magnificent silver frontal from the basilica altar. All works are by the best artist-artisans of the period, such as Cosimo Merlini, and from clients of a high social level, such as the Medici family, and in particular, the Grand Duchesses Cristina of Lorraine and Maria Maddalena of Austria, extremely devout to the Virgin and generous donors, or such as Anna Maria Luisa. Particularly worth mentioning is the renowned Reliquary Cross of the Passion, extremely valuable for its materials and exquisite workmanship, made in the grand ducal workshops and donated to Santa Maria del Fiore at the beginning of the 17th century.