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Pitti Tondo
The ''Pitti Tondo'' (:it:Tondo Pitti, Tondo Pitti) is a marble relief of the Virgin and Child by Michelangelo in round or tondo (art), tondo form. It was made between 1503 and 1504 and is now in the Bargello, Museo nazionale del Bargello in Florence. History The tondo was made in the year in which Michelangelo sculpted his ''David (Michelangelo), David'', having found the time to dedicate to some other paid private commissions. This work was made for Bartolomeo Pitti. His son Miniato, a monk at Monte Oliveto, donated it to Luigi Guicciardini (1487–1551). Benedetto Varchi saw the work in 1564, in the house of his nephew Piero. In 1823, the tondo was bought by the Florentine authorities for 200 Italian scudo, scudi, from the shop of the dealer Fedele Acciai. Placed in the Galleria degli Uffizi, it finally came to the Museo nazionale del Bargello in 1873. Description and style In the tondo, Mary is visible, with an open book on her knees. With a distracted gaze, she looks into t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pushkin Museum
The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts (russian: Музей изобразительных искусств имени А. С. Пушкина, abbreviated as ) is the largest museum of European art in Moscow, located in Volkhonka street, just opposite the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour (Moscow), Cathedral of Christ the Saviour. The International musical festival ''Sviatoslav Richter's December nights'' has been held in the Pushkin Museum since 1981. Etymology Despite its name, the museum has no direct association with the Russian poet Alexander Pushkin, other than as a posthumous commemoration. The facility was founded by professor Ivan Tsvetaev (father of the poet Marina Tsvetaeva). Tsvetaev persuaded the millionaire and philanthropist Yury Nechaev-Maltsov, Yuriy Nechaev-Maltsov and the architect Roman Klein of the urgent need to give Moscow a fine arts museum. After going through a number of name changes, particularly in the transition to the Soviet era and the return of the Rus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
