Alessandro Tiarini, Nativity of Jesus, Mid-17th century, oil on copper,
33 x 42.7 cm. Collection of the Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Italy.
Abrizio Boschi (Firenze 1572-1642), The Miracle of the Manna,
1594-1597 ca., Oil on canvas, cm 144 x 229.
Alessandro Di Mariano Filipepi, called Sandro Botticelli,
Madonna with Child ("Madonna della loggia") (detail), ca. 1466-1467, oil on panel.
72 x 50 cm. Collection of the Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Italy.
Pietro Liberi (Padova 1614-Venezia 1687), Annunciation (detail),
1670 ca., Oil on canvas, cm 220 x 163.
Luca Signorelli (and his workshop) (Cortona 1450 circa-1523),
The Last Supper, The Prayer in the Garden, Flagellation (detail),
1510 ca., Oil on panel, cm 32.5 x 204.5.
April 21 through August 10, 2012
Paton | Smith | Della Penna-Fernberger Galleries
Lead Sponsors
Maureen & Gregory Church
Carol & Louis Della Penna
Paula & Kevin Putman
Additional Support
Furia Rubel Communications, Inc.
Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corporation
Media Partner
The work of major Renaissance artists will travel to the Michener Art Museum in
the exhibition Offering of the Angels: Treasures from the Uffizi Gallery.
Drawn from the holdings of the incomparable Uffizi Gallery in Florence and curated
by its director, Antonio Natali, the exhibition will feature examples of art
created between the 15th and 17th Centuries. Oil paintings by legendary artists such
as Botticelli, Titian, Tintoretto, Parmigianino, Cristofano Allori, and their contemporaries
will be on display along with two tapestries from the same period. 45 master works
will depict scenes from the Old and New Testaments. Organized by Amici degli Uffizi
of Florence, Italy, the exhibition has traveled extensively across Europe and will
be hosted by a select group of museums in the United States.
Audio of Ave Maria compliments of Chanticleer
Image: Alessandro Tiarini, Nativity of Jesus, Mid-17th century, oil on copper,
33 x 42.7 cm. Collection of the Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Italy.
Tickets for the exhibition will be available March 1st.
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