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Twilight of the Medici exhibition to open in Detroit
Some 450 art works from the Medici era will be shown in Detroit before traveling to Florence. The Detroit Institute of Arts and the city of Florence sponsor the exhibit titled Twilight of the Medici 1670 1743. Pieces hail from over 100 locations in Europe India and North America with 150 from Uffizi Bargello and Palazzo Pitti. Paintings by G A Pellegrini sculptures by G B Foggini and Massimiliano Soldani are pledged. A centerpiece is the first U S display of the jewel studded figures the jewels of the Electress Palantine created for Anna Maria Luisa de Medici.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Florence
Detroit Institute of Arts
City of
Palazzo Strozzi
Europe
India
North America
Florentine
Uffizi, Bargello
Palazzo Pitti
U.S
G. A. Pellegrini
G. B. Foggini
Massimiliano Soldani
Anna Maria Luisa de’Medici