Sala Bianca Palazzo Pitti

"Once in a Lifetime"

Treasures from the archives and libraries of Florence

from January 28 to April 27, 2014

      The exhibition entitled 'Once in a Lifetime. Treasures of the archives and libraries of Florence' to be held from January 28 to April 27, 2014 in the Sala Bianca of Palazzo Pitti,  sets in motion a program called "A Year in Art 2014". Why visit? Because thanks to this showcase you can admire, among other things:

     Three archival documents of Michelangelo, a drawing by Raphael, and the baptismal certificate of Leonardo da Vinci and other text that bears his footnotes; works by Andrea Mantegna, Giovanni and Alessandro Allori Stradano; autographs of Girolamo Savonarola, Poliziano, Cosimo I de 'Medici, Joachim Winckelmann, Ugo Foscolo, Giuseppe Pelli Bence, John Fabbroni, Peter Vieusseux, Eugenio Barsanti, Vasco Pratolini, Eduardo De Filippo and Dino Campana, Nobel Prize Eugenio Montale del Premio Nobel Eugenio Montale, Nobel Prize Eugenio Montale, also with two unpublished watercolors.

     The aim of the exposure - that sets forth to the heed of explorers 133 pieces, including manuscripts, books and drawings from 33 public institutions - is to give everyone the "unique" opportunity to admire a selection of paper treasures kept in some of the major "chests" of the city cultural. And among these will not miss a selection of unpublished paper sequence "never seen" coming from various archives.

     Tickets price: 13 € normal and 6,50 € reduced.

For more info here:

http://www.uffizi.firenze.it/mostre/mostra.php?t=52d3fb73f1c3bcd809000009

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