Giovanna Garzoni, “Dog with a Biscuit and a Chinese Cup” (1640s),” miniature on parchment (image courtesy Galleria Palatina, Palazzo Pitti, Gallerie degli Uffizi, Firenze) FLORENCE, Italy — The most ...

The towering gold platforms Elizabeth Taylor wore in "Cleopatra" are part of a new exhibit at Italy's Pitti Palace.

The Italian Renaissance has long been presented as a procession of male power players, from artists like Michelangelo to arts patrons like banker-statesman Lorenzo de’ Medici. But that view is set for ...

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FLORENCE, Italy — Compared to showier works in Florence’s Pitti Palace — paintings by Caravaggio, Raphael, and Titian — the small “Vase of Flowers” by Jan van Huysum might barely earn a second glance, ...

“Worn by the Gods," a new exhibit at Italy's Pitti Palace, sets footwear of the ancient world alongside the modern. FLORENCE, Italy (AFP) — As sandal season fast approaches, a new exhibit on ancient ...

ROME (AP) — A wild bachelor's party at the Pitti Palace art museum in Florence? Nothing of the kind, says museum director Eike Schmidt, who is defending the Renaissance palazzo's courtyard's rental, ...