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VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
Main Practical Information
staircase Piazzale degli Uffizi 6. Map 4 D1
(6 D4). Tel 055 238 86 51 (info);
055 29 48 83 (reservations; book
in advance to avoid the queues).
Open 8:15am–6:50pm Tue–Sun
(to 10pm Tue; occasional longer
1 hours in summer). Last adm: 45
mins before closing. Closed
1 Jan, 1 May, 25 Dec. & 7 -
4 The Duke and Duchess of Urbino (c.1465–70) ∑ uffizi.firenze.it
3 5–6 Piero della Francesca’s portraits of Federico da Transport
Montefeltro and his wife Battista Sforza were @ B, 23.
2 7 painted after Battista died aged 26. Her portrait
was probably based on her death mask.
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42 15 The Tribune,
decorated in red and
17 gold, contains the
works most valued
18 by the Medici.
19 Ognissanti
41 20 Madonna (c.1310)
21 Giotto’s grasp of
Buontalenti 22 spatial depth and
38 staircase 23 24 substance in this
35 altarpiece was
a milestone in
34 the mastery of
perspective.
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94 29 28 The Birth of Venus (c.1485)
93 100 99 30 Botticelli shows the goddess
92 98 of love flanked by Zephyrus,
god of the west wind, who
97 blows the risen Venus to
91 shore on a half-shell.
96 The myth may symbolize
90 95 the birth of beauty through
the divine fertilization
of matter.
88 89 Entrance to the Vasari
Corridor
Key to Floorplan
East Corridor
The Holy Family West Corridor
(1507)
Michelangelo’s Arno Corridor
painting, the first Gallery Rooms 1–45
to break with the 17th- to 18th-century painting
convention of in Europe
showing Christ 17th-century painting in Italy
Vasari’s Classical on the Virgin’s lap,
Arno façade inspired Mannerist 16th-century painting in Italy
artists through Sculpture gallery
its expressive handling Temporary exhibitions
of colour and posture.
Non-exhibition space

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