Gift Festival returns to the Uffizi: a free ticket to those who enter in pairs

On Tuesday, January 31, 2023, the Festa dei Doni returns to the Uffizi Galleries: the Florentine museum venue thus celebrates theanniversary of the wedding of Agnolo Doni and Maddalena Strozzi, which took place on January 31, 1504, in Florence. The couple portrayed by Raphael were in fact the commissioners of the famous Tondo Toni, Michelangelo’s Holy Family.

On the occasion of this anniversary ... of marriage, the Uffizi Galleries is offering those who come in two next Tuesday, Jan. 31, the chance to enter with a single ticket. Thetwo-for-one offer applies to visitors who are not entitled to free admission by law, and in the event that only one member of the couple is entitled to a ticket reduction according to current regulations, that person will be granted free admission, while the other person will purchase a full ticket.

“We want to offer all lovers a small ’foretaste’ of Valentine’s Day,” explained Uffizi director Eike Schmidt, “and symbolically celebrate the greatness of love on the anniversary of a union, that between Agnolo and Maddalena, which has forever marked the history of art. For this couple, in fact, none other than Raphael made the portrait, and for them the divine Michelangelo made the famous Tondo with the Holy Family. So for the Uffizi, January 31 can only be the Feast of the Gifts, that is, the day when Love triumphs.”

Gift Festival returns to the Uffizi: a free ticket to those who enter in pairs

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