Pitti Gallery (English name: Galleria Palatina, Palazzo Pitti)

Japanese: ピッティ美術館 - ぴってぃびじゅつかん(英語表記)Galleria Palatina, Palazzo Pitti
Pitti Gallery (English name: Galleria Palatina, Palazzo Pitti)

Located on the south side of the Arno River in Florence, this museum houses Italian paintings from the 15th to 18th centuries, and is as important in this field as the Uffizi Gallery in the same city. Palazzo Pitti, which had been used as a residence for the Medici and Savoy royal families, was donated to the Italian state by Vittorio Emanuele III in 1919, and houses the Palatine Gallery on the second floor, the Museum of Crafts, which displays 16th and 17th century art objects on the first floor, and the Museum of Modern Art, which displays paintings and sculptures from the 19th century onwards, on the third floor. It is said to have been designed by Alberti, and construction began around 1470, but was soon halted due to the downfall of the client, political businessman Luca Pitti. Later, in 1549, it became the property of the wife of Cosimo de' Medici, Duke of Tuscany, and since then, renovation and expansion work has continued, and in 1839 the north transept was completed, giving it the shape we see today. It is considered one of the masterpieces of the Rustic style palace, made of rough cut stone, and behind it is the Renaissance Boboli Gardens. Most of the collection was owned by the Medici family, and the walls are filled with about 500 works, including 11 works by Raphael, including "Madonna of the Grand Duke," "Madonna of the Chair," and "Portrait of Maddalena Doni," 16 works by Andrea del Sarto, including "Madonna of Albie" and "St. John the Baptist," 14 works by Titian, and 8 works by Tintoretto, just like a gallery of the past.

[Noriko Minato]

[References] | Alberti | Florence

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

フィレンツェのアルノ川の南側にあり、15世紀から18世紀のイタリア絵画を収蔵する、この分野では同地のウフィツィ美術館に並んで重要な美術館。メディチ家、サボイア王家などの住居として使われてきたパラッツォ・ピッティが、1919年ビットリオ・エマヌエレ3世からイタリア国家に寄贈されたもので、二階のパラティーナ絵画館、一階の16、17世紀の工芸品を展示する工芸美術館、三階の19世紀以降の絵画・彫刻を展示する近代美術館を擁している。設計はアルベルティによるといわれ、着手は1470年ころであったが、依頼主の政商ルカ・ピッティの失脚により、工事はまもなく中断された。のち1549年にトスカナ公コジモ・デ・メディチの妃の所有となり、以来改装拡張工事が続けられて、1839年に北の翼廊が完成して今日みられる形態となった。粗い切石(きりいし)を積んだいわゆるルスティカ式宮殿の代表作に数えられており、背後にはルネサンス式のボボリ庭園が付属している。所蔵品の大部分はメディチ家が所有していたもので、『大公の聖母』『椅子(いす)の聖母』『マッダレーナ・ドーニの肖像』を含む11点のラファエッロ、『アルビエの聖母』『洗礼者ヨハネ』など16点のアンドレア・デル・サルト、14点のティツィアーノ、8点のティントレットなど、およそ500点の作品が往時のギャラリーさながらに壁面全体を埋め尽くしている。

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