Uffizi, more rearrangements: Gentile da Fabriano's Adoration returns close to Lorenzo Monaco's

More rearrangements at the Uffizi Gallery: this time the object of the work were rooms 5 and 6, those that house the masterpieces of the early fifteenth century, for which the classical arrangement has been restored, that is, the configuration that was conceived in the 1950s by the then director of the Uffizi, Roberto Salvini. Thus the two Adorations of the Magi, the one by Gentile da Fabriano and the one by Lorenzo Monaco(here is our article with a comparison of the two works), return close together, and it is once again possible to appreciate the differences between the two works, which reflect two opposing visions of late Gothic painting: on the one hand, that of Lorenzo Monaco, of his maturity, almost a fairy tale told with bright colors, stylized forms, and figures that seem to hover in the air. On the other is the sumptuous masterpiece of the artist from the Marche region, an expression of the incipient Humanism and the taste of the courts of northern Italy, with gems, golds and all the exotic marvels of the royal court.

The two painters, after restorations and rearrangements in the spring of 2015, had been given two dedicated rooms, one for each. “The new arrangement,” said Uffizi director Eike D. Schmidt, “improves understanding and recollection in front of the individual paintings and offers a clearer reading. It moreover largely takes up the classical arrangement, put in place in the 1950s by the then director and great art historian Roberto Salvini.”

In the photo, the layout of the Lorenzo Monaco and Gentile da Fabriano room: Gentile’s Adoration is on the back wall, Lorenzo Monaco’s Adoration is on the left wall. On the right wall, Lorenzo Monaco’s Coronation of the Virgin.

Uffizi, more rearrangements: Gentile da Fabriano's Adoration returns close to Lorenzo Monaco's

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