Covid 19 coronavirus: Italy s Uffizi discovers lost frescoes during shutdown
24 Apr, 2021 12:35 AM
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A full-length and life-size fresco depicting the young Cosimo II de Medici. Photo / AP
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The Uffizi Gallery in Florence used the winter Covid shutdown to push ahead with renovations, discovering lost frescoes that will greet visitors when the leading repository of Italian Renaissance art reopens on May 4.
Uffizi director Eike Schmidt said the six months of closure were put to good use: renovating 14 new rooms that will open to the public next month, and discovering frescoes that would otherwise have remained hidden.
But he hopes that the most recent reopening the third during the pandemic will be the last.
Italy s Uffizi discovers lost frescoes during COVID shutdown
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By Press Association 2021
A full-length and life-size fresco depicting the young Cosimo II de Medici, with the allegories of Florence and Siena, to be attributed to the painter Bernardino Poccetti (1548-1612) is seen on a wall after renovation works in the underground of the
Recently discovered frescoes will greet visitors to Florence’s Uffizi Galleries when the Italian museum reopens in May after months of being closed due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Workers doing restoration discovered the frescoes dating from the 17th and 18th centuries beneath plaster in the museum’s west wing, which is where the visitor entrance will be when the Uffizi opens to the public.
By Press Association 2021
A full-length and life-size fresco depicting the young Cosimo II de Medici, with the allegories of Florence and Siena, to be attributed to the painter Bernardino Poccetti (1548-1612) is seen on a wall after renovation works in the underground of the
Recently discovered frescoes will greet visitors to Florence’s Uffizi Galleries when the Italian museum reopens in May after months of being closed due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Workers doing restoration discovered the frescoes dating from the 17th and 18th centuries beneath plaster in the museum’s west wing, which is where the visitor entrance will be when the Uffizi opens to the public.