Palazzo Pitti
Florence, Italy · 4 works · 4 painters
Palazzo Pitti is a Renaissance palace on the south bank of the Arno in Florence, Italy, a short distance from the Ponte Vecchio. Work began in 1458 for the banker Luca Pitti, although the design is usually attributed to Luca Fancelli. After passing to the Medici in 1549, it served as the residence of the grand dukes of Tuscany and later of the House of Lorraine and the House of Savoy. In the early twentieth century it was given to the Italian people and today it is a public museum with several galleries. Its paintings include works such as Ecstasy of Saint Margaret of Cortona by Giovanni Lanfranco and Martyrdom of Saint Cecilia by Orazio Riminaldi, alongside pieces by Guercino and Willem van Aelst.
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