PALATINA GALLERY

Location:	FLORENCE Palazzo Pitti - Piazza Pitti
Open: Nov-Feb 8.15-16.30, Mar 8.15-17.30/18.30, Apr-May/Sep-Oct 8.15-18.30, Jun-Aug 8.15-19.30. Closed on 1st and last Mondays. Description: The main feature of the palace is the art gallery which was superbly decorated by Pietro da Cortina, Ciro Ferri and 19C artists, still magnificently furnished it houses groups of works by the Italian, Spanish and Flemmish schools. Famous canvases by Raffaello (the "Velata", the "Madonna del Granduca", the "Madonna della Seggiola", etc), Tiziano ("Concerto", the "Bella" etc), Rubens, Velazquez and van Dyck. In addition: paintings by A. del Sarto, Dosso Dossi, Murillo, Tintoretto, Veronese, Bronzino, Perugino, Sustermans, Caravaggio, Giambellino, (he has been attributed the wonderful painting "Le tre età dell'uomo), Frà Bartolomeo, Rosso Fiorentino, Moroni, B. Peruzzi, Barocci, S. Rosa, L. Signorelli, Lippi, Botticelli, Pontormo, Dolci, Allori. Featured among the sculptures, the "Venere Italica" by Canova.

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