I am in need of an art fix, fast, to get my mind off bonnie Prince George.

So, let’s visit the Museo Bardini in Florence!  Perche no?

I love this gorgeous museum housed in a former palace right behind my Florentine apartment in the Oltrarno.  It is fantastic place filled with fantastic art.

For starters, the walls in the galleries are a beautiful shade of midnight blue, done on Venetian plaster if I am not mistaken.  Gorgeous effect.

This Renaissance statue in painted wood takes my breath away.

Isn’t she lovely?

Now, let’s have a look at some other of the masterpieces in the collection.

 

 

 

A chair, to rest your weary Renaissance bones upon.

 

 

An artful display of fantastic Renaissance frames.  Who needs a painting when you’ve got frames like these?

 

 

 

 

Some Renaissance slippers for the lady.

 

And some for her gentleman?

 

Let’s leave the way we came in.

Ciao for now!