Romantic Uffizi dedicates a day to love. Discounts for couples on Jan. 31 to celebrate the "Feast of Gifts"

On the occasion of the anniversary of the marriage of Agnolo and Maddalena Doni, the couple who commissioned Michelangelo ’s famous Tondo Doni (which was depicted in two equally famous portraits by Raphael), a special day dedicated to love in the Uffizi Gallery is born: on Jan. 31, on the anniversary of the sumptuous wedding of Agnolo Doni and Maddalena Strozzi in Florence, couples visiting the Uffizi will pay only one ticket, thus having free admission.

To mark the event, the Uffizi will also launch a campaign on Instagram: all couples who will be in the gallery on January 31 are invited to post selfies in front of their favorite works on social, using the tags #Uffizi and #Festadeidoni. The Galleries’ Instagram profile will repost a selection throughout the day.

Michelangelo’s tondo, and the two portraits of Agnolo Doni and Maddalena Strozzi have been on view for several months in the new room on the second floor of the Gallery dedicated to masterpieces by the two masters. For the first time in the history of the Uffizi, the three works are displayed together. The Doni family, extremely wealthy Florentine collectors and patrons, were among the undisputed protagonists of the art market at the turn of the 15th and 16th centuries: only they, in addition to the Pope, had the opportunity to commission works by both Raphael and Michelangelo. As part of the Festa dei Doni, there will be experts in the hall throughout the day telling visitors the story of the marriage between Agnolo and Magdalena, as well as those of the three masterpieces by Michelangelo and Raphael. There will also be a lecture on the Tondo in the afternoon at the Gallery’s Vasari auditorium.

“We want to offer all lovers a small ’foretaste’ of Valentine’s Day,” explains museum complex director Eike Schmidt, “and symbolically celebrate the greatness of love on the anniversary of a union, that between Agnolo and Magdalena, which has forever marked the history of art. For this couple, in fact, none other than Raphael made the portrait, and for them the divine Michelangelo made the famous Tondo with the Holy Family. So for the Uffizi, January 31 can only be the Feast of the Gifts, that is, the day when Love triumphs.”

Romantic Uffizi dedicates a day to love. Discounts for couples on Jan. 31 to celebrate the "Feast of Gifts"

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