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‎La Collezione Gioviana degli Uffizi. 2 volumes‎

‎Simari, Maria Matlide, and Alberica Barbolani Da Montauto: La Collezione Gioviana degli Uffizi. 2 volumes. 2024. 800 pages, copiously illustrated in colour. Hardback in a slipcase. 34 x 28cms. The first examination of the Giovana Collection, the over 560 portraits of illustrious women and men hanging immediately below the ceiling on the second floor of the Uffizi. The first volume presents five essays discussing the collection's history from its inspiration - the collection of Paolo Giovio - to Cosimo I's commission of the series and its display. The second volume examines each portrait, grouped by type including popes, emperors, sultans, soldiers, men of letters, scientists, nobles, saints, and artists. Each portrait is illustrated and discussed in detail. Text in Italian.‎

‎The first examination of the Giovana Collection, the over 560 portraits of illustrious women and men hanging immediately below the ceiling on the second floor of the Uffizi. The first volume presents five essays discussing the collectionâs history from its inspiration - the collection of Paolo Giovio - to Cosimo Iâs commission of the series and its display. The second volume examines each portrait, grouped by type including popes, emperors, sultans, soldiers, men of letters, scientists, nobles, saints, and artists. Each portrait is illustrated and discussed in detail. Text in Italian‎