Treasures of the Uffizi Gallery in Florence

The Uffizi Gallery is the most ancient museum in the world since the Medici family (who opened the gallery in the 1580s) already allowed everybody to visit it upon request more than 430 years ago. Today the gallery hosts some of the greatest masterpieces of humanity and is definitely a "must see" to understand the evolution of Italian and European art from Middle Ages to Baroque. Together we are going to discover the world's best collection of Renaissance works, including the only picture Michelangelo ever painted on wood, the unique Mythologies by Sandro Botticelli (the very heart of the Florentine Renaissance) and the first picture ever painted by Leonardo da Vinci. We'll talk about the history, the iconography, the symbols, the technique of painting of each of the highlights of the collection, but we'll also go into the less known aspects of the masters' life and personality as well as the juicy anecdotes behind the scenes of the paintings.