The Uffizi is taking its art to the people
Its innovation may prove a model for other museums and galleries
Painted by Raphael in the early 16th century, the “Madonna of the Baldacchino” has had an adventurous life. An altarpiece originally intended for the basilica of Santo Spirito in Florence, it subsequently travelled west in Tuscany to the cathedral of Pescia. Later it went back to Florence and from there to Paris, before returning again to Florence—where it has hung in Palazzo Pitti since 1813.
This article appeared in the Culture section of the print edition under the headline “La Madonna è mobile”
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