The Uffizi recovers 2,000 square meters of space on the ground floor and in the basement by re-emerging lost frescoes. During the recovery and restoration of the spaces in the west wing of the museum, the closest to the Ponte Vecchio, two seventeenth-century frescoes re-emerged: one depicts the Grand Duke Ferdinand I in a clypeus and the other depicts the young Cosimo II de ‘Medici in full figure and life size, with the allegories of Florence and Siena, to be attributed to the circle of the painter Bernardino Poccetti (1548-1612).
In another room all the decorations made in the eighteenth century have been brought to light, probably during the reign of Pietro Leopoldo di Lorena. These spaces, which are located on the ground floor of the Gallery, will form part of the entrance to the museum and will be visible to the public. Altogether almost 2,000 square meters have been restored, hitherto inaccessible: eight rooms in the Ponente wing, 14 rooms on the ground floor of the Levante wing and 21 rooms in the basement, as part of the works for the construction of the New Uffizi conducted by Superintendence together with the Galleries. From the reopening, you will enter from the part closest to the Arno: the ticket will be distributed in the rooms of the Ponente wing, where there will be a new cloakroom for groups; the entrance to the museum will be opposite, on the ground floor of the Levante wing. The ancient Medici stables have also been restored in the basement of the Levante wing, where the technical rooms and changing rooms for the Gallery staff have been placed. In the last five years, enormous progress has been made in the recovery of spaces – said the director of the Uffizi Galleries Eike Schmidt – progress that now allows more rational and safe access to the museum, and more efficiently organized reception points.
April 22, 2021 | 11:03
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