Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence: Picture Gallery, The Masterpieces (Part 1)

LEONARDO da VinciAnnunciation (detail)1472-75Oil and tempera on woodGalleria degli Uffizi, Florence

LEONARDO da VinciAnnunciation1472-75Tempera on wood, 98 x 217 cmGalleria degli Uffizi, Florence

Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence

Picture Gallery, The Masterpieces

Part 1

ANDREA DEL SARTOMadonna of the Harpies1517Oil on wood, 208 x 178 cmGalleria degli Uffizi, Florence

ANDREA DEL SARTOMadonna of the Harpies (detail)1517Oil on woodGalleria degli Uffizi, Florence

ANGELICO, FraThe Coronation of the Virgin1434-35Tempera on wood, 112 x 114 cmGalleria degli Uffizi, Florence

ANGELICO, FraThe Coronation of the Virgin (detail)1434-35Tempera on woodGalleria degli Uffizi, Florence

BELLINI, GiovanniSacred Allegory1490-1500Oil on panel, 73 x 119 cmGalleria degli Uffizi, Florence

BELLINI, GiovanniSacred Allegory (detail)1490-1500Oil on panelGalleria degli Uffizi, Florence

BOTTICELLI, SandroAnnunciation1481Fresco, 243 x 550 cmGalleria degli Uffizi, Florence

BOTTICELLI, SandroAnnunciation (detail)1481FrescoGalleria degli Uffizi, Florence

BOTTICELLI, SandroCestello Annunciation1489-90Tempera on panel, 150 x 156 cmGalleria degli Uffizi, Florence

BOTTICELLI, SandroCestello Annunciation (detail)1489-90Tempera on panelGalleria degli Uffizi, Florence

BOTTICELLI, SandroCoronation of the Virgin (San Marco Altarpiece)1490-92Tempera on panel, 378 x 258 cmGalleria degli Uffizi, Florence

BOTTICELLI, SandroCoronation of the Virgin (detail)1490-92Tempera on panelGalleria degli Uffizi, Florence

BOTTICELLI, SandroMadonna of the Magnificat (Madonna del Magnificat)1480-81Tempera on panel, diameter 118 cmGalleria degli Uffizi, Florence

BOTTICELLI, SandroMadonna of the Magnificat (detail)1480-81Tempera on panelGalleria degli Uffizi, Florence

BOTTICELLI, SandroAdoration of the Magic. 1475Tempera on panel, 111 x 134 cmGalleria degli Uffizi, Florence

BOTTICELLI, SandroThe Adoration of the Magi (detail)c. 1475Tempera on panelGalleria degli Uffizi, Florence

BRONZINO, AgnoloEleonora of Toledo with her son Giovanni de' Medici1544-45Oil on wood, 115 x 96 cmGalleria degli Uffizi, Florence

BRONZINO, AgnoloEleonora of Toledo with her son Giovanni de' Medici (detail)1544-45Oil on wood, 115 x 96 cmGalleria degli Uffizi, Florence

CARAVAGGIOBacchusc. 1596Oil on canvas, 95 x 85 cmGalleria degli Uffizi, Florence

CARAVAGGIOBacchus (detail)c. 1596Oil on canvasGalleria degli Uffizi, Florence

DUCCIO di BuoninsegnaRucellai Madonna1285Tempera on wood, 429 x 290 cmGalleria degli Uffizi, Florence

DUCCIO di BuoninsegnaRucellai Madonna (detail)1285Tempera on woodGalleria degli Uffizi, Florence

GENTILE DA FABRIANOAdoration of the Magi1423Tempera on wood, 300 x 282 cmGalleria degli Uffizi, Florence

GENTILE DA FABRIANOAdoration of the Magi (detail)1423Tempera on woodGalleria degli Uffizi, Florence

BOTTICELLI, SandroThe Birth of Venusc. 1485Tempera on canvas, 172.5 x 278.5 cmGalleria degli Uffizi, Florence

BOTTICELLI, SandroThe Birth of Venus (detail)c. 1485Tempera on canvasGalleria degli Uffizi, Florence

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BOTTICELLI, SandroThe Birth of Venus (detail)c. 1485Tempera on canvasGalleria degli Uffizi, Florence

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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