Museo Nazionale del Bargello

26/01/2017

The Bargello Museum in Florence hosts important masterpieces of the most famous Renaissance sculptor. We're talking about Michelangelo Buonarroti, of course, who has his own hall at the museum. These works are: the Bacchus, the Tondo Pitti, the David/Apollo and the Brutus. Let's discover them here: https://www.florence-tickets.com/michelangelo%27s-works-at-the-museum-of-the-bargello.html

11/01/2017

A theatrical performance will be presented at the Bargello Museum in these first day of 2017 narrating stories, anecdotes and secrets of this palace. https://www.florence-tickets.com/in-the-shadow-of-power---theatrical-performance-at-the-bargello.html

For the cycle Le Seggiole al Museo, the Compagnia delle Seggiole proposes in this early days of 2017 12 theatrical journey in three of the most important museums in Florence. Among them there's the Bargello Museum where it will be presented the show "In the shadow of power - from Palace of the Capta...

22/12/2016

Throughout its long history, the Palace of the Bargello has had different functions and purposes, still remaining at the center of Florence's city life, from Palace of the Captain of the People to the most important museum for sculptures of the Florentine Renaissance.

Throughout its long history, the Palace of the Bargello has had different functions and purposes, still remaining at the center of Florence's city life.

24/11/2016

Everyone knows the Museum of the Bargello in Florence as a great sculpture museum, but not many know that it is also the most important museum of applied arts in Italy, thanks to the so-called "Carrand collection" here exposed. So, let's discover it! http://bit.ly/2faD8hP

31/10/2016

Made of Apuan marble and 209 cm high, the San Giorgio by Donatello is recognized as one of the masterpieces by Donatello and Italian statuary of the XV century. You can admire it at the Bargello Museum in Florence: http://www.florence-tickets.com/san-giorgio-by-donatello%3A-a-holy-warrior-exposed-at-the-bargello.html

10/10/2016

The Tondo Pitti is a marble bas-relief realized by Michelangelo between 1503 and 1504 and hosted at the National Museum of the Bargello in Florence. It is one of the most important works done by the artist, one of the most famous, dating from the same years in which Michelangelo was carving the David. Discover something more about it here: http://www.florence-tickets.com/the-tondo-pitti-by-michelangelo.html

15/09/2016

Alongside the Palazzo del Bargello, between the Canto del Bargello and the corner of Via Ghibellina, we find a tower 57 meters high which indicates the position of the Palazzo del Bargello. It's the Volognana tower.
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15/07/2016

The Della Robbia were sculptors and artists specialized in glazed terracotta, so much that the family have become the symbol of the colorful majolica. Their works, and in particular those of Andrea and Giovanni, are held in Florence, at the Bargello Museum, in two rooms specially dedicated to them. Let's discover their works: http://www.florence-tickets.com/della-robbia-at-the-national-museum-of-the-bargello.html

27/06/2016

The courtyard of the National Museum of the Bargello host the Summer festival at the Bargello, held every summer in the centuries-old courtyard of the museum among theater, dance and music. Definitely an unmissable event! Read here: http://www.florence-tickets.com/summer-at-the-bargello-2016%3A-two-months-of-shows-at-the-national-museum-of-the-bargello.html

12/05/2016

The Hall of Verrocchio and the mid XV century sculpture at the Bargello Museum hosts important sculptures by Verrocchio and other famous artists of that period: Look here: http://www.florence-tickets.com/verrocchio-and-the-mid-xv-century-sculpture-at-the-bargello-museum.html .

22/04/2016

In addition to the famous Renaissance sculptures the Bargello Museum houses also an important Islamic collection of works of art. Did you know it? Read here: http://www.florence-tickets.com/the-islamic-collection-at-the-bargello-museum.html

07/04/2016

The Museum of the Bargello in Florence devotes an entire room to Donatello and to the most famous sculptors of his time, it's the Hall of Donatello and the XV Century Sculpture. Let's discover it here: http://www.florence-tickets.com/the-hall-of-donatello-and-the-xv-century-sculpture-at-the-bargello-museum.html

21/03/2016

David, the biblical hero, is famous for his legendary fight with Goliath. The attention given to the hero was really important with many works made in his honour. We know almost everything about the David by Michelangelo and we have already spoken of the bronze David by Donatello, now we are going to analyze the marble version kept at the National Museum of the Bargello in Florence. Read here: http://www.florence-tickets.com/the-marble-david-by-donatello.html

David, the biblical hero, is famous in the literary world for his legendary fight with Goliath and his victory, only by means of a sling. The attention given to the hero was really important and, also from an artistic point of view, many works were made in his honour, among which paintings and sculp…

23/02/2016

The most famous David of the Florentine Renaissance is undoubtedly that of Michelangelo, but other David exist that have nothing to envy the more famous one. In particular, Donatello created not one but two David, one in bronze and one in marble, housed in the National Museum of the Bargello.
Today we explain something more about the bronze one, read here: http://www.florence-tickets.com/donatello%27s-david.html

26/01/2016

Among the various rooms that make up the Bargello Museum in Florence there is also a chapel on the first floor, called the Chapel of Mary Magdalene. Want to know something more about it? Read here: http://www.florence-tickets.com/the-chapel-of-mary-magdalene-at-the-bargello-museum.html

02/01/2016

Among the various rooms at the National Museum of the Bargello in Florence the most visited is undoubtedly that of Michelangelo and the XVI century sculpture. Let's discover it here: http://www.florence-tickets.com/michelangelo-and-xvi-century-sculpture-at-the-bargello-museum.html

Among the various rooms at the National Museum of the Bargello in Florence the most visited is undoubtedly that of Michelangelo and the XVI century sculpture.

01/12/2015

The Bargello museum has several rooms, each of which is home to extraordinary artistic masterpieces. But entering, the first thing that strikes the visitor is its courtyard. So, let's discover it: http://www.florence-tickets.com/articles-%26-news.html

26/10/2015

Nowadays the Museum of the Bargello in Florence treasures precious and important Renaissance statues but originally it was a prison and seat of the police authority. Here convicts were imprisoned, sometimes tortured, and from here started their final journey... http://www.florence-tickets.com/from-the-bargello-to-the-gallows.html

25/09/2015

The Drunken Bacchus, at the Museo del Bargello, is the most mysterious and debated work by Michelangelo. Let's discover why! http://www.florence-tickets.com/the-drunken-bacchus-at-the-bargello.html

10/09/2015

Discover the history of the Bargello National Museum, read here: http://www.florence-tickets.com/bargello-national-museum%3A-the-story.html

10/08/2015

The National Museum of the Bargello in Florence hosts until October 11 the exhibition "The Ascent of Orpheus: Between and Beyond Representation and Abstraction," which contains the works of the American artist Adi Da Samraj.

The theme of the exhibition is a retelling of the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice in which, contrary to what was told by the myth, the young Orpheus can lead Euridice out of the underworld. Continue reading here: http://www.florence-tickets.com/happy-ending-for-orpheus-and-eurydice-at-the-bargello-museum.html

20/07/2015