Italy 2018 - Day 2, Florence, again .... The Uffizzi

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I know I posted a few pictures from the Uffizzi but am going to post a load more.  The reason is that I posted a few pictures on Instagram, with a cross-post to Facebook, and a good friend of mine was actually in Florence on a day trip about the time I was (we should check if it was the same day!!).  She and her husband were celebrating their Ruby anniversary with a cruise, and had a day in Florence ... but like I said the queues were horriffic.  As they didn't have long they didn't attempt the queue.

Anyway I have known Liz over 50 years (and that is scary to type!!), and she and her father are both artists ... so am going to post a lot more of the pictures  - not ideal but a belated Ruby wedding gift.



Leopoldo de Medici. 1622, Justus Suttermans

Isabella Brandt. 1626, Pieter Paul Rubes

Emperor Charles. 1621 1627, Antoon Van Dyke

Michelangilo & Caravaggio. 1596, Medusa


Adoration of the Magi - unfinished. 1482, Leonardo da Vinci

Adoration of the Magi. 1496, Filippino Lippi

Eleonara di Toledo and her son, Giovanni de Medici. 1545, Agnoto Tori detto il Bronzino









Holy family with the young St John the Baptist, 1505.  Michaelangelo

Roman - Hermaphrodite


View from one of the windows - the Ponte Vecchio





Spring,  1480.  Botticelli

Annunciation of the Virgin.   1481, Botticelli


Annunciation of the Virgin.   1440 Filippo Lippi


Madonna of the Pomegranate.  1487, Botticelli


Botticelli - Venus


Baptism of Christ. 1470, Leonardo di Vinci & Andrea del Verocchio

Medici coat of arms