Pitti Palace - Finestre sull'Arte

Raphael's Madonna of the Canopy returns to the Pitti Palace after a year's absence

After more than a year's absence, the Madonna del Baldacchino, one of Raphael Sanzio 's (Urbino, 1483 - Rome, 1520) masterpieces, returns to its Florentine home in the Pitti Palace. The imposing altarpiece, which measures 280x216 cm in its current co...
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Florence, Duchess' Apartment opens at Pitti Palace

Important news in Florence where, at the Pitti Palace, theApartment of the Duchess of Aosta, located on the second floor of the palace, opens to the public on a permanent basis for the first time. Starting Sept. 29, visitors will have the chance to ...
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Piano Concerts at the Pitti Palace. Here the history of the piano began

Palazzo Pitti opens to classical music: in fact, from May 25 to 28, 2022, the Pitti Piano Festival, a collaboration between the Uffizi Galleries and theAssociazione Musica con le Ali, will make its debut in the Sala Bianca of the grand ducal palace. ...
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Florence, the new, completely renovated Fashion Museum will open in 2023

A new Fashion Museum will open in Florence in 2023, the director of the Uffizi Galleries Eike Schmidt announced yesterday. It will be based in the Pitti Palace and preparations will begin after the summer, after the closing of the exhibition dedicate...
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At the Pitti Palace, the portrait of Ukrainian princess Roxelana will be on display until the end of the war

Starting today, a portrait of Ukrainian princess Roxelana, wife of Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent, is on display at the entrance to the Palatine Gallery of the Pitti Palace as a sign of support for the Ukrainian people and as a testimony of art agai...
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Miniatures and manuscripts recovered by Carabinieri on display at Palazzo Pitti

In Florence, the exhibition Stories of Painted Pages. Manuscripts and Miniatures Recovered by the Florence Heritage Protection Unit, at the Sala delle Nicchie in Palazzo Pitti until Oct. 4. On display are forty precious codices and illustrated scrol...
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Stories of painted pages: forty stolen illuminated manuscripts recovered by Carabinieri on display at Palazzo Pitti

Forty illuminated manuscripts and scrolls illustrated by the masters of the Middle Ages and Renaissance are on display in the Sala delle Nicchie of the Pitti Palace until October 4. Stories of Painted Pages. Miniatures Recovered by the Carabinieri p...
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