Uffizi

noun

an art gallery in Florence; built by Giorgio Vasari in the 16th century and opened as a museum in 1765: contains chiefly Italian Renaissance paintings

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Contemporary Examples of uffizi

The Uffizi bones could give vital clues to earlier pandemics on the peninsula.
The Uffizi’s Secret Mass Grave
Barbie Latza Nadeau
February 15, 2014
Housed near the Uffizi Gallery, in one of the most culturally rich cities in the world, the museum has some highfalutin neighbors.
Night at the Gucci Museum
Robin Givhan
September 27, 2011

Historical Examples of uffizi

One of the others is in the Louvre, and a third in the Uffizi.
Six Centuries of Painting
Randall Davies
Among these were the Uffizi Venus, said to be a portrait of the Duchess herself.
Six Centuries of Painting
Randall Davies
For pictures, however, the Pitti Palace surpasses the Uffizi.
George Eliot's Life, Vol. II (of 3)
George Eliot
One of our first visits was to the Royal Gallery, in the Uffizi.
With the World's Great Travellers, Volume IV
Various
There is so much in this Uffizi gallery to satisfy every variety of artistic taste!
Over the Ocean
Curtis Guild