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Enjoy a visit to the Palatine Gallery without stress. Make your on-line reservation in advance to get in, avoiding the long lines at the entrance.
The ticket for the Palatine Gallery includes also the entrance to the Palatine Gallery, Gallery of Modern Art, Treasury of the Grand Dukes, Museum of Costume and Fashion .Openings: Open Tuesday to Sunday 1,30am – 18,50pm- On Saturdays and holidays it will be necessary to make the reservation at least one day in advance.
Closed: Mondays, New Year’s Day, May 1st, Christmas Day
Notes: The Royal and Imperial Apartments will remain closed for the time being because it is not possible to guarantee compliance with the rules on social distancing imposed by the Covid-19 emergency.
The Museum of Costume and Fashion remains closed for refurbishment works.
Address: Piazza de Pitti, 1, Florence.
DETAILED INFORMATIONAudioguides: Available in Italian, English, French, German, Spanish, Russian and Japanese.
Disabled persons: The Palatina Gallery and the Royal Apartments are disable access Friendly
Cloakroom: Umbrellas, large bags and backpacks are to be left here by visitors
Bookshop:Two museum shops available, at the entrance and in the countryard, where you can buy guide books in various languages and art gadgets
Café: A café is available in the courtyard of the ground floor
Full ticket: € 19.00
Reduced ticket: € 2.00 - European Union citizens only, aged +18 | -26 upon showing passport or ID, and citizens of non-EU Countries only upon mutual agreement (Norway, Island, Switzerland, Liechtenstein).
Free ticket: € 0.00 - Children under 18 years of any nationality, showing passport or id card. Children younger than 12 must be accompanied by adults
Please note: prices can be subject to changes due museum decisions, for special periods or events. The final prices are those indicated during the reservation procedure when you choose the date of the visit.
Optional digital guide € 10.00
The Pitti Palace was purchased in 1550 and chosen by Cosimo I de’ Medici and his wife Eleanor of Toledo as the new grand ducal residence. It was also the royal palace of other two dynasties: the House of Lorraine-Habsburg (which succeeded the Medici from 1737) and the Kings of Italy of the House of Savoy, who inhabited it from 1865.
Today the Palace is divided into four museums: on the ground floor, the Treasury of the Grand Dukes, on the first floor the Palatine Gallery and the Royal and Imperial Apartments, fourteen magnificent rooms where the Medici and Lorraine grand-ducal families used to live and the Modern Art Gallery and the Museum of Costume and Fashion on the second floor.
The Palatine Gallery and Royal and Imperial Apartments they have within them an impressive selection of masterpieces. which include important collection, including which includes the largest concentration of paintings by Raphael in the world as well as invaluable works by Titian,, Caravaggio, Rubens, Pietro da Cortona and other Italian and European masters of the Renaissance and Baroque periods. There are many rooms and galleries full of marvellous paintings and the paintings in their lavish frames entirely cover the walls of the rooms which are enriched by sculptures, vases and tables with semi-precious stone. In the “Planet Rooms ”, there are the sensational series of frescoes by Pietro da Cortona for Grand Duke of Tuscany Ferdinando II de’ Medici and every work of art is enhanced by the setting and the furnishings.
MasterpiecesThe Museum features a significant collection of masterpieces by Raffaello, and many Venetian works by Tiziano. It also includes the main Italian and European artists of the 16th and 17th centuries, such as Andrea del Sarto, Rosso Fiorentino, Pontormo, Bronzino, Tintoretto, Veronese, Caravaggio, Rubens, Van Dyck, Murillo and Ribera.
Greatest worksRaphael, Madonna of the Grand Duke, 1504
Raphael, Portraits of Agnolo Doni and Maddalena Strozzi, 1506
Raphael, Portrait of a lady called "The Pregnant", 1505
Raphael, Madonna of the Canopy, 1507
Raphael, Portrait of Tommaso Inghirami, 1509
Raphael, Portrait of a lady called "The Veiled", 1516
Raphael, Madonna of the “Impannata”, 1513
Raphael, Madonna of the Chair, 1514
Giorgione, The Three ages of man, 1500
Titian, Concert, 1506
Titian, Portrait of Tommaso Mosti, 1520
Titian, Portrait of Ippolito de' Medici, 1532
Titian, Magdalene, 1533
Titian, Portrait of a lady called "The Beauty", 1536
Titian, Portrait of a gentleman with greyish eyes, 1550
Titian, Portrait of Pietro Aretino, 1548
Caravaggio, Sleeping Cupid, 1608
Caravaggio, Portrait of a Knight of Malta, 1608
Artemisia Gentileschi, Magdalene, 1617
Artemisia Gentileschi, Judith, 1612
Rubens, The Four philosopher, 1611
Rubens, The Three Graces, 1620
Enjoy a visit to the Palatine Gallery without stress. Make your on-line reservation in advance to get in, avoiding the long lines at the entrance.
