galleria degli uffizi, florence: picture gallery, the masterpieces (part 2)

PIERO DELLA FRANCESCAPortrait of Battista Sforza1465-66Tempera on panel, 47 x 33 cmGalleria degli Uffizi, Florence

PIERO DELLA FRANCESCAPortrait of Federico da Montefeltro1465-66Tempera on panel, 47 x 33 cmGalleria degli Uffizi, Florence

PIERO DELLA FRANCESCATriumph of Battista Sforza1465-66Tempera on panel, 47 x 33 cmGalleria degli Uffizi, Florence

PIERO DELLA FRANCESCATriumph of Federico da Montefeltro1465-66Tempera on panel, 47 x 33 cmGalleria degli Uffizi, Florence

PIERO DELLA FRANCESCAPortraits of Federico da Montefeltro and His Wife Battista Sforza (reverse sides)1465-66Tempera on panel, 47 x 33 cm (each)Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence

PIERO DELLA FRANCESCAPortraits of Federico da Montefeltro and His Wife Battista Sforza1465-66Tempera on panel, 47 x 33 cm (each)Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence

Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence

Picture Gallery, The Masterpieces

Part 2

GOES, Hugo van derPortinari Triptych1476-79Oil on wood, 253 x 586 cmGalleria degli Uffizi, Florence

GOES, Hugo van derSts Anthony and Thomas with Tommaso Portinari1476-79Oil on wood, 253 x 141 cmGalleria degli Uffizi, Florence

GOES, Hugo van derSts Anthony and Thomas with Tommaso Portinari (detail)1476-79Oil on woodGalleria degli Uffizi, Florence

GOES, Hugo van derSts Margaret and Mary Magdalene with Maria Portinari1476-79Oil on wood, 253 x 141 cmGalleria degli Uffizi, Florence

GOES, Hugo van derSts Margaret and Mary Magdalene with Maria Portinari (detail)1476-79Oil on woodGalleria degli Uffizi, Florence

GOES, Hugo van derPortinari Triptych1476-79Oil on wood, 253 x 586 cmGalleria degli Uffizi, Florence

GOES, Hugo van derThe Adoration of the Shepherds (detail)1476-79Oil on woodGalleria degli Uffizi, Florence

GIOTTO di BondoneOgnissanti Madonna (Madonna in Maestà)c. 1310Tempera on wood, 325 x 204 cmGalleria degli Uffizi, Florence

GIOTTO di BondoneOgnissanti Madonna (detail)c. 1310Tempera on woodGalleria degli Uffizi, Florence

LIPPI, Fra FilippoMadonna with the Child and two Angels1465Tempera on wood, 95 x 62 cmGalleria degli Uffizi, Florence

LIPPI, Fra FilippoMadonna with the Child and two Angels (detail)1465Tempera on wood, 95 x 62 cmGalleria degli Uffizi, Florence

RAFFAELLO SanzioMadonna del Cardellino1507Oil on wood, 107 x 77 cmGalleria degli Uffizi, Florence

RAFFAELLO SanzioMadonna del Cardellino (detail)1507Oil on wood, 107 x 77 cmGalleria degli Uffizi, Florence

RAFFAELLO SanzioPope Leo X with Cardinals Giulio de' Medici and Luigi de' Rossi1518-19Oil on wood, 154 x 119 cmGalleria degli Uffizi, Florence

RAFFAELLO SanzioPope Leo X with Cardinals Giulio de' Medici and Luigi de' Rossi (detail)1518-19Oil on wood, width of detail: 35 cmGalleria degli Uffizi, Florence

TIZIANO VecellioFlora1515-20Oil on canvas, 80 x 64 cmGalleria degli Uffizi, Florence

TIZIANO VecellioFlora (detail)1515-20Oil on canvasGalleria degli Uffizi, Florence

TIZIANO VecellioThe Venus of Urbinobefore 1538Oil on canvas, 119 x 165 cmGalleria degli Uffizi, Florence

TIZIANO VecellioVenus of Urbino (detail)before 1538Oil on canvasGalleria degli Uffizi, Florence

VERROCCHIO, Andrea delThe Baptism of Christ1472-75Oil on wood, 177 x 151 cmGalleria degli Uffizi, Florence

VERROCCHIO, Andrea delThe Baptism of Christ (detail)1472-75Tempera and oil on panelGalleria degli Uffizi, Florence

BOTTICELLI, SandroPrimaverac. 1482Tempera on panel, 203 x 314 cmGalleria degli Uffizi, Florence

BOTTICELLI, SandroPrimavera (detail)c. 1482Tempera on panelGalleria degli Uffizi, Florence

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Galleria degli UffiziThe Uffizi Gallery is the chief public gallery of Florence. The nucleus of the collection derives from the collections of the Medici family, and the Uffizi Palace was begun by Vasari in 1560 for Cosimo I, Grand Duke of Tuscany.

The ground floor housed government offices (Italian uffizi), hence the building's name.

In 1565 Vasari built the corridor over the Ponte Vecchio connecting the Uffizi with the Pitti Palace. Subsequently the building has been much altered, enlarged, and restored

(it was damaged in the Second World War and by flooding in 1966).

The last of the Medici line, Maria Ludovica, Grand Duchess of Tuscany, bequeathed the family collections to the State of Tuscany in 1737, and in 1789 they were

reorganized to allow regular public visiting.

In the 19th century, the Uffizi was subjected to radical reorganization. Much archaeological material was placed in the Archaeological Museum in the Palazzo della

Crocetta, while the medieval and Renaissance sculpture and the rich collection of applied art were transferred to the Bargello.

Galleria degli UffiziThe Uffizi collection on the other hand was enriched by early Italian paintings resulting from suppressions of churches and monasteries and confiscations

of religious property.

Although it is primarily famous for its incomparable representation of Florentine Renaissance painting, the Uffizi also has outstanding works from other Italian and non-Italian schools (for example, Hugo van der Goes's Portinari Altarpiece) and important

examples of antique sculpture.

The collection of prints and drawings in the Gabinetto dei Disegni e Stampe is one of the finest in the world, and the gallery of artists' self-portraits, begun by Cardinal Leopoldo

de' Medici in the 17th century, is unrivalled.

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