4.3 million
Annual Visitors
Over 20,000 works
Collection
2–4 hours
Recommended Visit
Giorgio Vasari (1560) · Bernardo Buontalenti
Architect
About Uffizi Gallery
The Uffizi Gallery is a prominent art museum located adjacent to the Piazza della Signoria in the Historic Centre of Florence in the region of Tuscany, Italy. One of the most important Italian museums and the most visited, it is also one of the largest and best known in the world.
It holds a collection of priceless works, particularly from the period of the Italian Renaissance.
After the ruling house of Medici died out, their art collections were gifted to the city of Florence under the famous Patto di famiglia negotiated by Anna Maria Luisa, the last Medici heiress. The Uffizi is one of the first modern museums.
The gallery had been open to visitors by request since the sixteenth century, and in 1765 it was officially opened to the public, formally becoming a museum in 1865.
Masterworks & Must-See Highlights
The works that define Uffizi Gallery — and why they matter.
The Birth of Venus
Sandro Botticelli · c. 1484–1486
Room 10–14, Botticelli Rooms
Botticelli's iconic depiction of Venus emerging from the sea on a giant shell. Painted for Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco de' Medici, it is among the most recognisable images in Western art and a defining work of the Italian Renaissance.
Primavera (Spring)
Sandro Botticelli · c. 1477–1482
Room 10–14, Botticelli Rooms
A complex allegorical painting featuring nine mythological figures in an orange grove. The exact meaning has been debated for centuries. It hangs alongside The Birth of Venus, the two forming one of art history's greatest pairings.
Annunciation
Leonardo da Vinci · c. 1472–1475
Room 35
One of Leonardo's earliest surviving works, painted when he was still in Verrocchio's workshop. The meticulous botanical detail of the flowers and the luminous landscape already signal Leonardo's scientific curiosity.
Portrait of Federico da Montefeltro and Battista Sforza
Piero della Francesca · c. 1472–1474
Room 8
A stunning diptych portrait of the Duke and Duchess of Urbino in profile against panoramic Umbrian landscapes. A masterpiece of early Renaissance portraiture and a key document of 15th-century court culture.
Tondo Doni
Michelangelo · c. 1504–1506
Room 41
The only completed easel painting by Michelangelo — a circular (tondo) panel depicting the Holy Family. Its sculptural figures, intense colours, and complex composition make it a bridge between the Renaissance and Mannerism.
Collections & Highlights
Frequently Asked Questions
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