La velata
Raphael · 1513
Palazzo Pitti
Florence · Founded 1458
A Renaissance palace on the south bank of the Arno, a short walk from the Ponte Vecchio, holding Raphael’s La velata and the Madonna della Seggiola. It began in 1458 as the town house of one banker, Luca Pitti.
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La velata
Raphael · 1513
La velata, or La donna velata ("The woman with the veil"), is a well known portrait by the Italian Renaissance painter Raffaello Sanzio, more commonly known as Raphael. The subject of the painting appears in another portrait, La Fornarina, and is traditionally identified as the fornarina (bakeress) Margherita Luti, Raphael's Roman mistress.
Madonna del Granduca
Raphael · 1506
The Madonna del Granduca is a Madonna painting by the Italian renaissance artist Raphael. It was probably painted in 1505, shortly after Raphael had arrived in Florence.
Madonna della Seggiola
Raphael · 1513
The Madonna della Seggiola or The Madonna della Sedia (28" in diameter (71 cm)) is an oil on panel Madonna painting by the High Italian Renaissance artist Raphael, executed c. 1513 to 1514, and housed at the Palazzo Pitti Collection in Florence, Italy.
Portrait of Leo X
Raphael · 1518
The Portrait of Pope Leo X with two Cardinals, also known as Portrait of Pope Leo X with the cardinals Giulio de' Medici e Luigi de' Rossi, is a painting by the Italian High Renaissance master Raphael, executed c. 1518 to 1520.
Judith and Her Maidservant
Artemisia Gentileschi · 1610
Judith and her Maidservant is a c. 1615 painting by the Italian baroque artist Artemisia Gentileschi. The painting depicts Judith and her maidservant leaving the scene where they have just beheaded general Holofernes, whose head is in the basket carried by the maidservant. It hangs in the Pitti Palace, Florence.
La donna gravida
Raphael · 1505
La donna gravida (or simply La gravida; Italian for "The Pregnant Woman") is an oil on wood portrait by the Italian High Renaissance artist Raphael. It was painted between 1505 and 1506, during Raphael's stay in Florence, Italy.
Artists
Holy Roman Empire · 1483–1520
Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino, now generally known in English as Raphael (UK: RAF-ay-əl, US: RAF-ee-əl, RAY-fee-, RAH-fy-EL), was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance.
Italian · 1488–1576 · Venetian school
Tiziano Vecellio, Latinized as Titianus, hence known in English as Titian, was an Italian Renaissance painter. The most important artist of Renaissance Venetian painting, he was born in Pieve di Cadore, near Belluno.
Papal States · 1593–1653
Artemisia Lomi Gentileschi was an Italian Baroque painter. Gentileschi is considered among the most accomplished 17th-century artists, initially working in the style of Caravaggio.
Italian · 1571–1610 · Baroque
Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, known mononymously as Caravaggio, was an Italian painter active in Rome for a significant portion of his artistic life.
Flemish · 1577–1640 · Flemish Baroque painting
Sir Peter Paul Rubens was a Flemish artist and diplomat. He is considered the most influential artist of the Flemish Baroque tradition.
Italian · 1487–1530 · High Renaissance
Andrea del Sarto was an Italian painter from Florence, whose career flourished during the High Renaissance and early Mannerism.
Artworks
Portrait of Fra Antonio Martelli
Caravaggio · 1607
Venus Italica
Antonio Canova · 1804
The Four Philosophers
Peter Paul Rubens · 1611
Lamentation over the Dead Christ
Pietro Perugino · 1495
San Gallo Annunciation
Andrea del Sarto · 1510
Madonna with the Long Neck
Parmigianino · c. 1535–1540
Penitent Magdalene
Titian · 1533
Madonna dell'Impannata
Raphael · 1513
Plan your visit
Hours
Tuesday to Sunday, 8.15am to 6.30pm, with last entry at 5.30pm. Closed Monday, 1 January and 25 December. Confirm on www.uffizi.it/palazzo-pitti before you travel.
Admission
€16 bought on the day of the visit, €19 booked in advance. A combined ticket with the Boboli Gardens is €22 on the day, €25 in advance.
Getting there
Piazza Pitti 1, 50125 Firenze.
On their own site
Opening hours, tickets and current exhibitions are on the museum’s own site.
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