Gallery
In 1784, Grand Duke Pietro Leopoldo decided that all schools of drawing in Florence were combined into one academy has a gallery of old paintings to allow students of the Academy of Fine Arts to enhance our knowledge. He was chosen the old building that once belonged to the hospital of St. Matthew, was eventually expanded to adjacent rooms. Today the Gallery is a museum of considerable importance, thanks to some pieces it houses.
This statue, which depicts the biblical character waiting to fight the giant Goliath, he represented the strength of the Florentine Republic during the centuries.
Right Hand of Michelangelo's David
right foot of Michelangelo's David
Other works by Michelangelo were transferred to the Gallery then: the St. Matthew and the Four Prisoners executed for the tomb of Pope Julius II in Rome, but which had been placed in the grotto of the Boboli Gardens at the end of 500.
was recently completed restoration on the upper floor of the Galleria dell'Accademia, which has been opened to the public a new room where the models are collected Plaster of Lorenzo Bartolini and Luigi Pampaloni, sculptors 800. Here you can admire the 300 busts of the upper middle class.
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