The Gallery of the Uffizi shows an extraordinary collection of paintings that embrace an historical period from the 1200’s and a geographic space that comprises many European regions. All great Italian, German, Flemish, Dutch, Spanish and French masters present themselves by their works in chronological order. There are, for example, works of great masters of Tuscan fourteenth century: Cimabue, Giotto and Duccio and painters mediating between Florentine and new traditions, influenced by the elegance of the International Gothic style. Example of this is the Annunciation by Simone Martini and Lippo Memmi. The works of the brothers Ambrogio and Pietro Lorenzetti are present, as are Giotto, Cimabue, Massacio and other innovative painters. various rooms house works by German, Dutch, Flemish and Spanish artists, who were influenced by Italian culture. Among these are Albrecht Dürer, Hans Holbein the Younger, Hans Memling and Altdorfer. Michelangelo, Venetian painters like Titian, Jacopo Bassano and Tintoretto are prominently present. Rubens, Van Dyck, Velasquez and other great portrait painters have rooms. Annibale Carracci, Domenichino, Guercino and the Claude Lorraine, Rosalba, Canaletto, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo and Goya, they are all there.
Museum: Gallery of the UffiziCity: Florence
Country: Italy
Address: Piazzale degli Uffizi
Website: http://www.uffizi.org