Art Gallery in Florence

Since 1822, Galleria Pietro Bazzanti holds high the traditional artisan techniques of sculpture in bronze, marble and semi-precious stones. Still today, the gallery is a hub for culture, for meetings for artists and aficionados of sculpture. On the Arno, in the heart of Florence.

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Michelangelo and the David – Part III

Michelangelo and the David - Part IIIThe Masterpiece and its historyThe execution There is no news on how Michelangelo worked to arrive at the finished David. We only know that the block entrusted to him had already been badly rough-hewn by others to make a giant prophet to be placed on the spurs of the [...]

The Fountain of Neptune in Piazza Signoria and the bronze “Naiads”

The Fountain of Neptune in Piazza Signoria and the bronze "Naiads" Duke Cosimo I had commissioned the construction of the Biancone fountain at the north-east corner of Palazzo Vecchio, so that the central figure of Neptune would be in line with the other large statues of Michelangelo's David and Hercules and Cacus of Bandinelli. Piazza [...]

Michelangelo and the David – Part II

Michelangelo and the David - Part IIThe Masterpiece and its historyThe History Michelangelo had a splendid life but also a very difficult one, which he often complained about: discouragement due to body fatigue, lack of friends of any kind, political and religious crises, extreme avarice towards himself and his others (but not with family members [...]