Fra’ Angelico’s Santa Trinita Deposition Altarpiece
2023-2025 Commissioned by Palla Strozzi in 1429 in memory of his father Onofrio for the sacristy of the church of Santa Trinita, which had been converted into the family chapel, the Deposition is one of the first milestones in Fra’ Angelico’s mature output. Giorgio Vasari (1511–1574) mentions it in his Lives of the Artists informing […]
Egnazio Danti’s Terrestrial Globe and Entire Geographical Map Room – Palazzo Vecchio
Palazzo Vecchio’s Famed Map Room and Terrestrial Globe Restored Thanks to Funding from Friends of Florence Following a complex three-year process involving teams of experts, Museo di Palazzo Vecchio’s Wardrobe, commonly known as the Map Room—the most visited gallery in the museum—has been fully restored thanks to funding provided by Friends of Florence. The project […]
Edgar Degas La Famiglia Bellelli, Musée D’Orsay, Paris
2022-2023 Edgar Degas La Famiglia Bellelli, Musée D’Orsay, Paris
39 Botanical Wax Models for the Specola Museum of Plants and Mushrooms
2023-2024 39 Botanical Wax Models for the Specola Museum of Plants and Mushrooms
Frescoes in the Galli Chapel by Stradano, Church of the SS Annunziata
2023-2024 Frescoes in the Galli Chapel by Stradano, Church of the SS Annunziata
Michelangelo Drawing Room, Sala dei Disegni, Casa Buonarroti
2023-2024 Michelangelo Drawing Room, Sala dei Disegni, Casa Buonarroti
Altarpiece by Domenico del Tasso and Raffaellino del Garbo. Church of S. Maria Maddalena dei Pazzi
Brancacci Chapel
June 2024 Following a thorough diagnostic investigation begun in 2020, the extraordinary cycle of wall paintings by Masolino, Masaccio, and Filippino Lippi have been restored in the Brancacci Chapel. Supported by the Jay Pritzker Foundation and by Friends of Florence, the project involved the Servizio Belle Arti del Comune di Firenze, the Soprintendenza Archeologia Belle […]
Donatello: Judith & Holofernes Bronze Sculpture
Donatello’s Judith and Holofernes in Palazzo Vecchio June 2024 Commissioned by Piero de’ Medici, the sculptural group once occupied the place where Michelangelo’s David later stood. It was intended to convey a story of the triumph of courage over tyranny and a call to defend the Florentine Republic. When the Medici family was exiled in […]
Oratory of St. Sebastian, Basilica of Santissima Annunziata
Founded on a site established in 1082, and later reconfigured as a chapel by Antonio Pucci in 1460, the Oratory of St. Sebastian has been completely restored thanks to donations from Idanna and Giannozzo Pucci and their many friends around the world through Friends of Florence. The project ensures that the site can continue to […]