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25 Famous Paintings to See the Next Time You’re in Florence
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Aerial view of Florence, Italy, with Brunelleschi's massive red-tiled dome of the Duomo in the foreground and small tourists visible on top, surrounded by city buildings. Titian: Venus of Urbino Oil painting self-portrait by Angelica Kauffmann, showing her seated in a white dress with a green shawl, holding a sketchbook, with a classical column and drapery in the background. Painting by Carl Larsson showing a man in a white shirt and black hat holding a doll, standing indoors with framed art and a window in the background. Painting by Caravaggio showing the severed head of Medusa with a shocked expression, snakes for hair, and blood dripping from the neck, mounted on a round wooden shield. The Adoration of the Shepherds Duccio: Madonna Rucellai Sandro Botticelli: Birth of Venus Sandro Botticelli: Primavera Painting by Ambrogio Lorenzetti showing Saint Nicholas with a halo on shore, gesturing toward ships filled with people and grain, with townspeople gathered nearby.
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Florence from the Duomo
A view of Florence, Italy, from the campanile of the Florence Cathedral.
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Titian: Venus of Urbino
Venus of Urbino by Titian, 1538; in the Uffizi Gallery, Florence.
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Angelica Kauffmann: Self-Portrait
Self-Portrait, oil on canvas by Angelica Kauffmann, 1787; in the Uffizi...
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Carl Larsson: Self-Examination
Self-Examination, oil on canvas by Carl Larsson, 1906; in the Uffizi Gallery,...
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Caravaggio: Head of the Medusa
Head of the Medusa, oil on wood covered with canvas by Caravaggio, 1597–99;...
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The Adoration of the Shepherds
The Adoration of the Shepherds, center panel of the Portinari Altarpiece,...
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Duccio: Madonna Rucellai
Madonna Rucellai, tempera on wood by Duccio, 1285; in the Uffizi Gallery,...
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Sandro Botticelli: Birth of Venus
Birth of Venus, tempera on canvas by Sandro Botticelli, c. 1485; in the...
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Sandro Botticelli: Primavera
La Primavera, tempera on wood by Sandro Botticelli, 1477–82; in the Uffizi...
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Ambrogio Lorenzetti: Saving Myra from Famine
Saving Myra from Famine, detail of a panel from Four Stories from the...
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The Annunciation
The Annunciation, tempera on wood by Simone Martini, 1333 (saints on either...
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Pietro Lorenzetti: Altarpiece of the Blessed Humility
Altarpiece of the Blessed Humility, tempera on wood by Pietro Lorenzetti, c. 1340;...
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Sandro Botticelli: Calumny of Apelles
Calumny of Apelles, oil on wood by Sandro Botticelli, 1494–95; in the Uffizi...
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