The Festival of Gifts returns to the Uffizi Gallery: lovers get in with just one ticket

On Wednesday, Jan. 31, the Uffizi Gallery of Statues and Paintings will host the famous Valentine’s Day advance, with the Festa dei Doni in honor of Jan. 31, 1503, the wedding day of Agnolo Doni and Maddalena Strozzi, who were immortalized by Raphael (Urbino, 1483 - Rome, 1520) between about 1504 and 1507. Couples in love who take part in the day’s event will enter the museum by paying only one ticket, thus having free admission. The event known as the Festa dei Doni is an initiative promoted by the Uffizi starting in 2019 to commemorate the marriage celebrated in Florence on January 31, 1503, between Agnolo Doni and Maddalena Strozzi. The two figures are prominent in the Uffizi collections: their fascinating portraits capture the viewer’s gaze with their relaxed and elegant poses. The famous Tondo Doni by Michelangelo (Caprese, 1475 - Rome, 1564), datable between 1505 and 1507 and kept in the Uffizi Gallery, depicts the Holy Family with St. John and bears their surname because it was commissioned from the artist on the occasion of the birth of their first-born daughter.

“Gift Day is the Uffizi’s Valentine’s Day: a beautiful holiday with which, for the past five years, the museum has celebrated an iconic union of love, the one that, more than half a millennium ago, led to the creation of one of the Gallery’s treasures, Michelangelo’s Tondo Doni. I invite all couples, all lovers, to come to our museum to take part in this day and magically seal it, in the presence of one of the masterpieces of Western art,” announces Uffizi Galleries Director Simone Verde.

Museum opening hours: Tuesday through Sunday, 8:15 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Closing hours: Every Monday, Jan. 1, Dec. 25.

All entrance tickets to the Uffizi Gallery are digitized. High season prices: Dec. 21 / Jan. 9 - Feb. 21 / Nov. 9 - Day ticket € 25.00, Reduced: € 2.00, Group surcharge of at least 11 units € 70.00

The Festival of Gifts returns to the Uffizi Gallery: lovers get in with just one ticket

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