May 17, 2012

Crucifix by Michelangelo on show at the Bargello, Florence.

Eight years after having been discovered and verified as pertaining to a young Michelangelo, a wooden crucifix, post restoration, is now on show at the Bargello Museum in Florence. The piece is on show in the Cappella del Podestà, Bargello Museum, Florence. Bargello Museum ticket booking Recommend on Facebook Share on Linkedin Share with Stumblers [...]

Florence, Bargello Museum, Majolica exhibition 2012

‘Fabulae Pictae. Miti e Storie nelle Maioliche del Rinascimento’ Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence 16th May – 16th September 2012 An exhibition of Majolica pieces from Renaissance times that shows just how much these works of art came to be true ‘painted fables’, taking their inspiration directly from literature, myth and legend, history and figurative [...]

Florence, 17th March 2011, free museum entry

Having just posted about some special late night openings on the night of the 16th March 2011, now follows the official announcement from the Florence authorities that there will be free entry to the major Florence museums and galleries on the national holiday of March 17th. If you are visiting on the 17th March 2011 [...]

Bargello exhibition, 2011, Ammannati sculptures

Florence, Bargello Gallery, ‘L’Acqua, La Pietra, il Fuoco – Bartolomeo Ammannati Scultore’ May 11th to September 18th 2011 Bartolomeo Ammannati Bartolomeo (1511 – 1592), perhaps better known as an architect than a sculptor, was born in Settignano near Florence. The Bargello is home to the vast majority of his sculptures, and the title of the [...]

Florence, major exhibitions for 2011

This is a preliminary post (dates have just been announced) with scant details of the major art exhibitions being held in the Florentine State Museums next year, 2011. We’ll add more detailed posts on the individual shows as soon as we’ve translated the information (and as soon as it has stopped snowing)! *** Updated: we [...]