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The most important part
of the Palatine Gallery is housed in the
six front rooms and back rooms of the
Pitti Palace. These rooms were used from
the late 18th century onwards for the
exhibition of the most important paintings
(then around 500 in number) of the Pitti
Palace, most of which originated from
the Medici family collections.
Your
visit to the gallery starts in the Statue
Gallery which houses ancient sculptures
from the Villa Medici in Rome, and in
the Castagnoli Room.
The adjoining wing, known
as Ala del Volterrano. Anna Maria Luisa,
the last member of the Medici family died
there, leaving behind her huge art collection
to the people of Florence.
There are many masterpieces
in the gallery - the Madonna and Child
and Episodes from the life of St Anne
by Filippo Lippi (c. 1450), the Madonna
and Child with the Child St John by Raphael
(c. 1516) and by the same artist, La Velata,
the Child St John by Andrea del Sarto
(1523) and famous portraits by Titian,
Veronese and Tintoretto.
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