Tribuna degli Uffizi

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Tribuna of the Uffizi ()
Tribuna of the Uffizi
Johann Zoffany , 1772-1778
Oil,
123.5 cm × 155 cm
Royal Collection ; Windsor Castle

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Tribuna degli Uffizi is a painting by the German painter Johann Zoffany , which it from 1772 to 1778 as a commissioned work created. It shows the Tribuna , an octagonal room in the famous Uffizi painting gallery in Florence .

Since 1764 the painter received numerous commissions from King George III. and his wife, Queen Sophie Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz . The Queen paid him three hundred pounds, and in the summer of 1772 Zoffany went to Florence, where he met Felton Harvey , an art collector and friend of the king. Zoffany worked on the picture until the end of 1777 and returned to England in 1779.

The picture shows the northeast part of the Tribuna, part of the Uffizi Gallery designed by the architect Bernardo Buontalenti . The most important works of art from ancient times and the Renaissance were exhibited in the Uffizi Gallery, and visiting the collection was one of the highlights of any Grand Tour .

DuMont's artist lexicon - from antiquity to the present shows an excerpt from Zoffany's painting as the cover picture.

Content of the picture

The picture brings together countless paintings, sculptures, ancient objects and people. The painting by Zoffany is not a historical illustration; However, it combines numerous works that were at that time - mostly still today - in Florence.

painting

amongst other things:

Sculptures and objects

The Roman statues of the Medici can still be found either in the Tribuna or in the main corridors of the Uffizi Gallery. The smaller items are now in the Museo Archeologico Nazionale and the Museo Bargello in Florence.

  • Etruscan vessels
  • roman busts
  • Renaissance sculptures
people

Numerous people could be identified. They were all visitors to Florence when the painting was made.

amongst other things:

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