The paintings at the Uffizi Gallery are Renaissance Masterpieces. Like the world-renowned Louver in Paris, the Uffizi Gallery is the number one Italian Renaissance art collection. As you will see from the photos, all the prominent Renaissance artists are represented in the gallery. The only one I seem to have missed is Donatello.
The painting at the top of this article was made by Caravaggio, who painted two versions of the Greek mythological head of Medusa (with snakes for her hair). The version at the Uffizi was commissioned by the Italian diplomat Francesco Maria del Monte, who planned to gift the commemorative shield to Ferdinando I de’ Medici and have it placed in the Medici collection.
Visiting the Uffizi Gallery
At the bottom, I will give you tips for visiting the Uffizi Gallery, but I must warn you. You probably cannot see the entire gallery in one day. First of all, the Uffizi Gallery is too big. Second, even though the Uffizi Gallery has timed entry, you will be accompanied by a massive throng of people who never get anywhere close enough to the art to see the name of the painting or artist. We had to skip one entire section due to the crowds.
I took this photo from the doorway to the room containing this painting at the Uffizi Gallery. At least 100 people tried to enter the packed room containing this masterpiece. I never even got through the entrance. If you look at the bottom of the painting you can see how I blured out some heads and cell phones held above their heads. I assume the section that I missed contained other pieces by Botticelli.
Most of the paintings at the Uffizi Gallery are from the Renaissance. If you didn’t follow my description of Renaissance and Pre-Renaissence, here are the links.
Photos of the Masterpiece paintings at the Uffizi Gallery
The paintings are mixed with the statues. These paintings are in the order we saw them, which was a mistake, but the mistake allowed us to see most of the exhibit without too much company. We didn’t follow the standard route. Unlike nearly everyone who has posted photos in the Uffizi Gallery, I have included the pictures’ names and painters’ names. Including names and titles took lots of work, but it is important—at least to me.
Alonso Berruguete Madonna and Child Ca. 1517 oil on panelAlonso Berruguete, Salome, holding the head of John the Baptist, ca 1488 oil on panel. Marcantonio Franciabigio, Madonna and Child with St. John the Baptist and St. Job, 1516, Oil on woodJacopo Torni (1476–1526), also known as Jacobo Fiorentin, L’Indaco, and Jacopo dell’Indaco, Madonna and Child with the Young Saint John (Madonna of the Well), c. 1513, oil on panel.Domenico di Pace Beccafumi, 1486 – 1551, Holy Family with the Young Saint John, c. 1518, oil on panelDomenico Puligo, 1492 – 1527, Mary Magdalene, c. 1515-1519, oil on panelFrancesco Granacci, 1469 – 1543, Joseph presents his Father and Brothers to Pharaoh, c. 1515-1517, oil on panelFrancesco Granacci, 1469 – 1543, Entry of Charles VIII into Florence, c. 1517, oil on panelAndrea del Sarto, (1486-1530), Saint James the Greater and the two children, (Standard of Saint James), c. 1528, oil on panelAndrea del Sarto, (1486-1530) “Noli me tangere” translates to “do not touch me,” c. 1510, oil on panelAndrea del Sarto (1486 – 1530), Madonna and Child with Saint Francis of Assisi and Saint John the Evangelist (Madonna of the Harpies), c. 1517Giuliano Bugiardini, (1476 – 1555), Madonna and Child, (“Madonna of the Milk”), circa 1518, Oil on woodFra Bartolomeo, 1473 – 1517, The Vision of St. Bernard, 1504-7, Oil on woodRaffaello Sanzio Urbino, 1483 – 1520), Madonna and Child with the Young St. John the Baptist, “Madonna of the Goldfinch,” C. 1505 – 1506, Oil on wood panelMichelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564), Holy Family with the Young St. John the Baptist, “Doni Madonna,” 1505 – 1507, circa tempera “grass” on wood panel. Doni Madonna is the only finished panel painting by the mature Michelangelo to survive the ages. It is also the only existing panel picture Michelangelo painted without the aid of assistants.Adoration of the Christ Child, Presentation in the Temple (front), Archangel Gabriel, Virgin Annunciate (back) “Del Pugliese Tabernacle,” C. 1497 – 1499, Oil on wood panelRaffaello Sanzio Urbino, 1483 – Rome 1520) Portraits of Agnolo Doni and Maddalena Strozzi, C. 1504 – 1506, Oil on limewood panelMaestro di Serumido, The Flood and Deucalion and Pyrrha (On the reverse side of Raffaello, Portraits of Agnolo Doni and Maddalena Strozzi.Leonardo di Vinci, The Baptism of Christ, C. 1475, tempera and oil on woodLeonardo di Vinci, Annunciation, C. 1472-5, oil on woodAlessandro di Mariano Filipepi, also known as Sandro Botticelli, 1445-1510, Coronation of the Virgin with Angels and St. John the Evangelist, St. Augustine. St. Jerome and St. Eligius. St. John the Evangelist on Patmos; St. Augustine in his Study, the Annunciation, the Penitent St. Jerome and the Miracle of St. Eligius (in the predella), c. 1489-90, Tempera on woodPietro di Cristoforo Vannucci, known as Perugino, The Virgin and Child, enthroned between Saint Sebastian and John the Baptist, 1493, Oil on panel.Luca Signorelli, 1460 – 1523, Crucifixion with Mary Magdalen, c. 1502-5, Oil on canvasLuca Signorelli, 1460 – 1523, Holy Family, c. 1485-90, Tempera on woodLuca Signorelli, 1460 – 1523, The Trinity, the Madonna and Child, the Archangels, Michael and Gabriel, St. Augustine and St. Athanasius of Alexandria, c. 1510, Oil on woodLorenzo di Credi, 1459 – 1537, Madonna and Child with the Young St. John the Baptist and Angels, c. 1500-20, Tempera on woodLorenzo di Credi, 1459 – 1537, Adoration of the Christ Child, c. 1505-15, Tempera on woodPiero di Cosimo, also known as Pietro di Lorenzo, (1462 – 1522) Perseus Freeing Andromeda (Perseus freed Andromeda after slaying the monster) c. 1510-15 Oil and tempera on wood.Filippino Lippi, 1457 – 1504, Adoration of the Child, circa 1478-1480, Tempera on panelFilippino Lippi, 1457 – 1504, Adoration of the Christ Child with the Young St. John the Baptist, c. 1478-80, Tempera on woodPiero di Cosimo (1462 – 1522) Incarnation of Christ Before St. Catherine of Alexandria, St. John the Evangelist, St. Philip Benizi, St. Antoninus the Archbishop, St. Peter and St. Margaret, 1500-1505, Oil on woodFilippino Lippi, 1457 – 1504, The penitent St. Jerome, c. 1493-5, Tempera on woodPietro di Cristoforo Vannucci, known as Perugino, The Agony in the Garden, c. 1492, Oil on woodPietro di Cristoforo Vannucci, known as Perugino, Portrait of a young man, c. 1495-1500, Oil on woodPietro di Cristoforo Vannucci, known as Perugino, Lamentation over the dead Christ, c. 1490, Oil on woodSandro Botticelli, (1445 – 1510), The Birth of Venus, 1485 ca. Tempera on canvasSandro Botticelli, (1445 – 1510), Portrait of a Young Man Holding a Medallion, c. 1475, Tempera on woodDomenico di Tommaso Curradi di Doffo Bigordi, known as Domenico Ghirlandaio, Adoration of the Magi, 1487, Tempera on wood.Jacopo Carucci or Carrucci, usually known as Jacopo (da) Pontormo, Madonna and Child with the Young Saint John, C. 1529-1530, oil on panelGiovanni Battista di Jacopo Rosso Fiorentino, Moses Defending the Daughters of Jethro, C. 1523, oil on canvasFrancesco Francia, real name was Francesco Raibolini, Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saint Francis and Saint Anthony of Padua, C. 1500-1502, oil on panelPellegrino Tibaldi and his Milanese pupil Giovanni Pietro Gnocchi, Saint Paul, dated 1585, oil on canvasFrancesco Melzi or Francesco de Melzi, Leda and the Swan, 1506-1507, oil on panelGiovanni di Niccolò Luteri, known as Dosso Dossi, The Virgin Appears to Saints John the Baptist and John the Evangelist, C. 1520-1524, oil on panel transferred to canvasAntonio Allegri da Correggio, The Adoration of the Child, C. 1524-1526, oil on canvasPerin del Vaga, Madonna and Child, C. 1535-1540, oil on canvasGiulio Pippi, known as Giulio Romano, Madonna and Child, C. 1520-1522, oil on panelDaniele Ricciarelli, known as Daniele da Volterra, Madonna and Child with the Young Saint John and Saint Barbara, C. 1548, oil on panelDaniele Ricciarelli known as Daniele da Volterra, Elijah in the Desert, C. 1543, oil on canvas.Francesco de Rossi, known as Salviati, Charity, C. 1543-1545, oil on panelFrancesco Francia Madonna and Child Enthroned with Saint Francis and Saint Anthony of Padua, C. 1500-1502, oil on panelRembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, (1606 – 1669), Self Portrait, circa 1655, oil on canvasFrancesco Francia, Saint Francis, C. 1490, tempera on panelDefendente Ferrari, Nursing Madonna, 1505-1511, Tempera and oil on panelJacopo Carucci, known as Pontormo, The Supper at Emmaus C. 1515-20, oil on canvasJacopo da Empoli, 1551 – 1640, The Honesty of St. Eligius, 1614, oil on canvasJacopo Ligozzi, Allegory of Virtu, circa 1585, oil on canvasLodovico Cardi detto il Cigoli, Descent from the Cross, circa 1580, oil on wood panelFederico Barocci, “Virgin of the People,” 1540, signed and dated oil on wood panelDoménikos Theotokópoulos is widely known as El Greco, John the Evangelist and St. Francis, circa 1600, oil on canvasTiziano Vecellio detto Tizian, Venus, known as the “Venus of Urbino,” 1538, oil on canvasSebastiano Luciani, known in later life as Sebastiano del Piombo, Portrait of a Lady, 1512, oil on wood panelMichelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, La Medusa, ca. 1597Gerrit van Honthorst, known as Gherardo delle Notti, 1590-1656, Adoration of the Child, ca. 1619-1620, Oil on canvasRembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, A Rabbi, 1665 Oil on canvas
Tips for visiting the Uffizi Gallery
You will need a reservation.
Make your reservation well in advance (six months) for first thing in the morning, and after entry, go directly to the gallery containing the painting commonly called “Venus on the Half Shell.” This will mean you skip about 20% of the art before you get to the room containing Botticelli’s “The Birth of Venus.”
After seeing the Botticelli exhibit, keep going in the same direction, and you will have most of the Uffizi Gallery all to yourselves. Then, if you desire, return to the part of the gallery you missed.
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