Alessandra Gardin

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Ivory collection at the Pitti Palace


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From the 16 of July until the 3rd of November the Pitti Palace in Florence houses the exhibition dedicated to the Medici collection of ivory objects: “Diafane passioni”  (Diaphanous passions).  The first collector was Ferdinando I de’ Medici  (1549 -1609) who  started one of the most beautiful ivory collections in Europe.

The exhibition shows 150 pieces: cups, relieves, saints, portraits, mythological compositions divided in sections from Renaissance to Baroque.
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