Florence, Portraits at the Medici Court

Event Description

In the 16th century, the art of portraiture became increasingly common among the Florentine elite, who had found in it a means of capturing their facial characteristics and social status for posterity.

Through the eyes of the painters experimenting with new ways of representing their contemporaries the exhibit allows visitors to appreciate the style developments of the Cinquecento, an especially eventful century in cultural and religious terms.