The Bargello

I benefitted from the fact that the Bargello, like the Uffizi, opens at 8.15 so that it is possible to have a contemplative hour with some of the greatest Renaisssnce sculptures before taking a taxi to the airport.   I like the way that the sculptures are displayed, as if outside, with the windows open, in a building which is itself of considerable significance as the first town hall and then its prison.   This is it from outside as I waited on the church steps opposite for it to open:-

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The sun was falling on Donatello’s David:-

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This is the bust of Niccolò da Uzzano, previously attributed to Donatello:-

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St. John the Baptist:-

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Upstairs are nice empty rooms of arms and armour:-

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And a style of museum display which I haven’t seen for a while:-

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