The collection of Lorenzo the Magnificent (Florence, 1449 – 1492) was much more than a collection of paintings and sculptures: among the works and objects preserved in the Medici residence on Via Larga in Florence were gems, cameos…
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A rare fresco painted on a round wicker mat, rather than on a wall, canvas, panel, or any other traditional support: this is what makes *Christ and the Samaritan Woman*, a work by Luca Giordano (Naples, 1634 –1705), which is now part…
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A flash flood struck Florence early this afternoon , with some weather stations recording more than 45 millimeters of rain in one hour. The violent storm also affected the Uffizi Gallery, where water seeped in beneath the skylight in the…
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Works and artists Florence Renaissance Sandro Botticelli Tuscany Theater Foundation Uffizi
In the center of a roundel housed in the Uffizi Gallery, a mother offers her child a split pomegranate, its seeds a vivid red verging on purple. This is no ordinary gesture: in 15th-century Florentine religious painting, that fruit carries…
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Works and artists Ancient art Eighteenth century Florence James Ceruti Pitti Palace Uffizi
A sky shifting from pink to gray, the moment when the light of day gives way to twilight. In this twilight light, against a background devoid of architecture, we see a young boy smiling as he tips, with a sudden, decisive gesture, a woven…
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Works and artists Ancient art Caravaggio Six hundred Tuscany Uffizi Uffizi Galleries
One could almost say that Caravaggio’s*Bacchus* (Michelangelo Merisi; Milan, 1571 – Porto Ercole, 1610), now housed in the Uffizi Gallery, is a 20th-century painting: for more than three centuries, in fact, the painting…
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In Florence, a total investment of approximately 50 million euros is set to profoundly transform the Uffizi Galleries over the next two years. This is the program of improvements outlined this morning by Director Simone Verde alongside…
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The two iconic masterpieces of Renaissance painting by Sandro Botticelli ( Florence, 1445–1510), Venus and Spring, can now be viewed at the Uffizi Galleries in a completely revamped exhibition layout that places them face to face for…
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