Uffizi in Sign Language

A new series of International Sign Language videos to discover the Uffizi's masterpieces from home or at the museum with your mobile device

Mary, holding Jesus in her arms, is seated on a throne, like a queen. This is the iconography that gives rise to the title “Maestà” or “Majesty”, u...

At the end of a long journey, the Magi arrive before the newly born Messiah, guided by a star, and they kneel before the Holy Family, offering thei...

Originally painted for the Sant’Ambrogio Church in Florence, the altarpiece was commissioned by Nofri Del Brutto Buonamici, from a family of weaver...

One of the most celebrated portraits of the Italian Renaissance, the diptych features the Duke of Urbino, Federico da Montefeltro (1422-1482) and h...

This panel is part of a cycle of three paintings that celebrate the victory of the Florentine forces over the Sienese troops and the alliance guide...

Originating from Florence, Tommaso Portinari lived in Bruges for many years where he worked as a representative of the bank of the Medici family. H...

This painting, usually known as the Primavera [or ‘Spring’] shows nine figures from classic mythology advancing over a flowery lawn in a grove of o...

The composition shows the goddess of love and beauty arriving on land, on the island of Cyprus, born of the sea spray and blown there by the winds,...

The traditional religious theme has been set by Leonardo in an earthly, natural setting . A flourishing enclosed garden, in front of a Renaissance ...

Michelangelo painted this Holy Family for a Florentine merchant, Agnolo Doni, whose prestigious marriage to Maddalena Strozzi in 1504 took place in...

This work was painted during Raphael’s Florentine period (1504-1508), during which he was able to study the great masters of Florence and also to w...

The portrait is a manifesto of flawless elegance by Agnolo Bronzino, a court artist capable of expressing a timeless painting with an almost manic ...

This is one of Titian’s most famous works and it depicts the emblematic figure of a young bride about to be dressed to take part in the celebration...

The painting was commissioned as a shield by the Cardinal Francesco Maria Del Monte; it was a present for the Grand Duke of Tuscany, Ferdinando I d...

The Tribune was realized between 1581 and 1583 by architect Bernardo Buontalenti “to keep jewels and embellishments of the Grand Duke”, Francesco I...

Commissioned by Cosimo I de’ Medici, first Grand Duke of Tuscany, the building, was conceived to house the “Uffizi”, the administrative and legal o...