The Museum was donated to the City of Florence from Stefano Bardini (1836-1922), conoscitore aim of art and skillful merchant of international reputation, that it prepared own the prestigious gallery on the whole architectonic antiquarianism of Saint Gregorio of the Peace, transformed in an imposing neo-rinascimentale palace.

 

The Museum was donated to the City of Florence from Stefano Bardini (1836-1922), conoscitore aim of art and skillful merchant of international reputation, that it prepared own the prestigious gallery on the whole architectonic antiquarianism of Saint Gregorio of the Peace, transformed in an imposing neo-rinascimentale palace.

 

Coming from altars, scales, portali, columns and ceilings from churches and palaces were use you in order to realize atmospheres from the evocative ancient atmosphere, than still today they constitute one of the reasons of greater fascination of this Museum.

 

The collection contains works that go from the roman age to the 1700's, between which capolavori of painting and sculpture like the Charity of Vat of Camaino, the Madonna of the Cordai di Donatello, the Saint Michele Arcangelo di Antonio of the Pollaiolo, and numerous pregevoli works of smaller limbs: ceramics, medals, bronzetti, carpets orient them, musical instruments, one small but important armory.

 

To the last one slowly of the palace it is in via of Run ordering the Gallery, donated to the Common one in the 1937 from Carobbi Lucky person Run, constituted give approximately 700 paintings from the XIV XIX to the century.