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Filippino LIppi Angelo Annunciante

Figure this!
[Maddalena Delli]

Understandably, the "Botticelli e Filippino" exhibition at Palazzo Strozzi is considered the art event of the year, not just in Florence but on an international level.

The numbers reveal an astonishing organizational effort and prove an unprecedented international gettogether
to make available as many works as possible: over 60 pieces have been gathered, including 25 paintings by Botticelli, 16 by Filippino and several important drawings. In fact the figures paid to insure the paintings – notably the Mystic Nativity from the National Gallery in London, Botticelli's only signed and dated work – seem to confirm this: the total value of insurance for the works on display nears the incredible amount of 500 million Euros, arguably the highest figure ever reached for an art exhibition.

This is even more astonishing if you consider that both the Primavera and the Birth of Venus – Botticelli's most famous works – are not included in the lot, since they will remain in their natural setting, the Botticelli Room in the Uffizi Gallery.


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