GALLERIA PALATINA
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Gallery containing prodigious works of the late Renaissance and Baroque in Florence.
The Palatine Gallery, opened to the public in 1833, contains prodigious works from the Late Renaissance and Baroque periods. Among the thousand paintings on display, those of Raphael (such as the Virgin of the Grand Duke), Andrea del Sarto and Titian deserve attention. The other great Italian masters are also on display: Botticelli, Perugino, Veronese, Caravaggio or Tintoretto. It should be noted that the paintings are still, with a few exceptions, in the same places as those chosen by the Medicis.
The royal apartments on the first floor feature period furniture and luxurious tapestries. You can also discover the Venus of Canova, works by Rubens, Velázquez, Caravaggio, Salvatore Rosa, Artemisia Gentileschi, Van Dyck, Beccafumi and Bronzino, the Silver Museum, with a superb collection of ancient vases that belonged to the Medici and Lorena. The paintings are displayed in sumptuous rooms, decorated with frescoes and stuccoes by Pierre de Cortone, testimonies of the height of Baroque painting that bring to life the splendour of the 17th century Medici court.
Dedicated to Italian art from 1700 to the First World War, the Modern Art Gallery on the second floor offers a beautiful view of the city and paintings of the Macchiaioli in rooms XXIII and XXV. The first rooms exhibit works from the neoclassical period, notably represented by the famous sculptor Antonio Canova, followed by the most important manifestations of romantic taste, with paintings by Hayez and Bezzuoli.
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Open Tuesday to Sunday 8.15am-6.30pm. Cumulative ticket Palazzo Pitti: €18.
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C'est un peu décontenançant, car il n'y aucune logique chronologique dans l'exposition et qui plus est, elle abrite cet été, une exposition de photos de Karl LAGERFELD, qui n'y ont pas leur place.
A faire voir à vos adolescents, l'entrée est gratuite pour les moins de 18 ans et il y a nettement moins d'attente que pour les autres musées et édifices de FLORENCE