Day 7 - Florence Uffizi Gallery Gallery

March 17, 2019

It was to be another museum dominated day in Florence. Before starting our labours we had breakfast at the B&B. The shots below are representative of what was served at hotels and B&B's everywhere we stayed. Some places had more variety than what's shown here.





After eating, we walked over to the Uffizi Gallery, one of the premier art galleries in Italy. At least we were able to leave our backpacks in the room at the B&B today.

Edith was already getting familiar with the gallery layout before it opened.

This piece of street art was intriguing.

There were some statues on display on the street.

This was the front of the gallery.



Who better to welcome you than Cosimo Medici. Pater Patriae translates to "Father of the Fatherland".

Here's Hercules again, this time slaying the Centaur Nessus.

Ths painting dates back to 1240 AD, artist unknown.

Like many of the galleries and churches we saw, the ceilings are spectacular.



This is titled "Glorification of the Virgin with Angels and Saints".



I thought these portraits of the Duke and Duchess of Urbino was quite interesting. the artist was Piero della Francesca. This dates back to 1472-75.



This is the Annunciation by Botticelli painted in 1489.



Another Botticelli titled Madonna of the Pomegranate.



Switching over to sculpture for a moment this is titled "Ganymede and the Eagle" a Roman sculpture whose history prior to 1600 is unknown.

This next work is titled Laocoon. I've added the museum description below the sculpture.





These portraits of Martin Luther and his wife Katharina von Bora were painted in 1529 by Lukas Cranach, also known as Il Vecchio.


This is a portrait of Giovanni Medici at age one and a half.

The next painting is one that was on Edith's must see list, Medusa by Caravaggio. It's hard to believe this was painted in 1598, it looks like something from the 20th or 21st century.



Another take on the Medusa was nearby, this one from early in the 17th century by van Schrieck, a Dutch or Flemish painter.



Here's another Caravaggio, this one entitled Baccus.



The next one is attributed to Antoon Van Dyck and shows Emperor Charles V on horseback.

The last painting is a Rembrandt from 1639 entitled "Portrait of a Young Man".

Unrelated to the art, here's a view from inside of the Uffizi exterior.



Looking west from the gallery shows the Ponte Vecchio bridge over the Arno River.



It was time for a break and then one more museum visit as detailed in the next post.