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UndertheHighPatronage
ofthePresidentoftheItalianRepublic
eSpringtimeoftheRenaissance.SculptureandtheArtsinFlorence1400–60
Florence,PalazzoStrozzi,23March–18August2013
Paris,MuséeduLouvre,26September2013–6January2014
With the patronage of
MinisterodegliAffariEsteri
MinisteroperiBenieleAttivitàCulturali
AmbassadedeFranceenItalie
Promoted and organized by
Concept by
BeatricePaolozziStrozzi
MarcBormand
Curated by
BeatricePaolozziStrozzi
MarcBormand
With the collaboration of
IlariaCiseri
Realized by
FondazionePalazzoStrozzi
Scholarly and editorial coordination
and accompanyng texts in the exhibition
LudovicaSebregondi
Installation design
LuigiCupellini
with the collaboration of
CarloPellegrini
Exhibition installation
GalliAllestimenti
AtlaseLiveluxLightDesigners
StampainStampa
AlessandroTerzo
FrancoBianchi
Installation and condition report works on paper
JulieGuilmette
with
Exhibition graphics and communication design
RovaiWeberdesign
PROVINCIA
DI FIRENZE
Translation of accompanying texts in the exhibition
StephenTobin(Italian–English)
LaraFantoni(English–Italian)
XueCheng(Italian–Chinese)
MilaAlieva(English–Russian)
GabrielleGiraudeau(Italian–French)
Family itinerary
JamesM.Bradburne
CristinaBucci
ChiaraLachi
and
Communication and promotion
SusannaHolm
SigmaCSC
Press office
AntonellaFiori(nationalpress)
SueBondPublicRelations(internationalpress)
With the contribution of
Website
Netribe
Programming for families, youth and adults
FondazionePalazzoStrozzi
School groups and activities
SigmaCSC
Exhibition reservation office
SigmaCSC
Exhibition and ticket office staff
TMLService
Multichannel ticket office
TicketOne
Audioguide
START
Insurance
AONArtscope
Lloyd’s
CSInsuranceService
Transportation
Arterìa
Head of security
UlderigoFrusi
Head of prevention
and protection service
AndreaBonciani
Electrical system assistance
and maintenance
Bagnolisrl
Alarm system assistance
and maintenance
ProfessionalSecuritysrl
Air-conditioning/heating system assistance
and maintenance
R.S.diRossiSergio&C.srl
Cleaning services
B&BdiBenevierieBonciani
Supply of plants and floral decorations
GiardinoTorrigiani
CatalogUE
Essays
FrancisAmes-Lewis
élisabethAntoine
MarcBormand
StefanoBruni
AndrewButterfield
LauraCavazzini
IlariaCiseri
MarcoCollareta
AndreaDeMarchi
ArmelleFémelat
RiccardoFubini
Jean-RenéGaborit
AldoGalli
GiancarloGentilini
PatrickGilli
MachteltIsraëls
ChristianeKlapisch-Zuber
Pierre-YvesLePogam
LucaMolà
TommasoMozzati
BeatricePaolozziStrozzi
FabrizioPaolucci
DominiqueRaynaud
PietroRoccasecca
LudovicaSebregondi
PhilippeSénéchal
TimothyVerdon
PaoloViti
LuigiZangheri
Entries
élisabethAntoine
AndreaBaldinotti
FrançoiseBarbe
AlfredoBellandi
MarcBormand
MarcoBraghin
StefanoBruni
AndrewButterfield
LauraCavazzini
GiuseppinaCarlottaCianferoni
IlariaCiseri
DominiqueCordellier
AlanP.Darr
MariaElenaDeLuca
AndreaDeMarchi
ElenaDiacciati
ClarioDiFabio
GabrieleDonati
JamesD.Draper
AldoGalli
AnnamariaGiusti
MachteltIsraëls
VolkerKrahn
CristinaGnoniMavarelli
Pierre-YvesLePogam
AlisonLuchs
EleonoraLuciano
PhilippeMalgouyres
Marie-LysMarguerite
MarinoMarini
AlessandraMenegazzi
PetaMotture
TommasoMozzati
AntonellaNesi
BeatricePaolozziStrozzi
FabrizioPaolucci
FrancescaRossi
BrunoSanti
LudovicaSebregondi
MichelaSediari
MariaMatildeSimari
GiandomenicoSpinola
BrunellaTeodori
Doraornton
Editing, design and typesetting
MichèleFantoli
MarcoSalucci
PaolaVannucchi
with the collaboration of
MariaCeciliaDelFreo,LucaPileri
Translations
CatherineBolton(Italian–English)
KathleenHannan(French–English)
AlexandraWolframm(Italian–English,173–9)
Lenders
Avignon,MuséeCalvet,
Conservateur en chef SylvainBoyer
Berlin,StaatlicheMuseenzuBerlin,Director General
MichaelEissenhauer;Skulpturensammlung
und Museum für Byzantinische Kunst, Director
BerndLindeman,Leiter JulienChapuis
BorgoaMozzano,ChurchofSanJacopo,
Rev.FrancescoMaccari
Cleveland,eClevelandMuseumofArt,Director
DavidFranklin;Department of European Painting
and Sculpture 1500 to 1800, Curator JonSeydl
Cortona,MuseoDiocesano,Director Ottorino
Capannini;Ufficio Beni Culturali della Diocesi,
Director SerenaNocentini
Detroit,DetroitInstituteofArts,Director Graham
W.J.Beal;Department of European Sculpture
and Decorative Arts, Curator AlanP.Darr
Dresden,StaatlicheKunstsammlungen,
Director General HartwigFischer;
Skulpturensammlung, Director MoritzWoelk
Empoli,MuseodellaCollegiatadiSant’Andrea,
Rev.GuidoEngels;head for the Municipality
of Empoli RiccardoGambini
Fiesole,DioceseofFiesole,Director of the Diocesan
Office of Sacred Art Rev.AlessandroRighi
Florence,BibliotecaMediceaLaurenziana,
Director VeraValitutto
Florence,BibliotecaNazionaleCentrale,
Director MariaLetiziaSebastiani
Florence,ChurchofSantaFelicita,
Rev.GrzegorzSierzputowski
Florence,ChiesaeMuseodiOrsanmichele,
Director AntonioGodoli
Florence,formerConventofSantaMaria
degliAngeli,AssociazioneNazionalefraMutiliati
edInvalididiGuerra,FlorenceChapter,
President CesareTurchini
Florence,GabinettoDisegnieStampedegliUffizi,
Director MarziaFaietti
Florence,GalleriadegliUffizi,Director AntonioNatali;
Dipartimento Antichità, Director FabrizioPaolucci
Florence,MuseiCiviciFiorentini,
Director LuciaDeSiervo
Florence,MuseoArcheologicoNazionale,
Director GiuseppinaCarlottaCianferoni
Florence,MuseodegliInnocenti,Director Stefano
Filipponi;Curator EleonoraMazzocchi
Florence,MuseodelCenacolodelGhirlandaio,
Director MonicaBietti
Florence,Museodell’OperadiSantaCroce,
Director GiuseppeDeMicheli
Florence,Museodell’OperadiSantaMariadelFiore,
Director MgrTimothyVerdon
Florence,MuseoNazionaledelBargello,
Director BeatricePaolozziStrozzi
Florence,MuseoStefanoBardini,Curator AntonellaNesi
Florence,OperadiSantaCroce,
President StefaniaFuscagni
Florence,OperadiSantaMariadelFiore,
President FrancoLucchesi
Florence,OspedalediSantaMariaNuova,Patrimonio
StoricoArtisticodell’AziendaSanitariadiFirenze,
Director MarcoGeddesdaFilicaia
Florence,PalazzoMediciRiccardi,ProvinceofFlorence,
Cultural Director MassimoTarassi
Florence,SantuariodellaSantissimaAnnunziata,
Rev.GabrieleAlessandrini
Florence,SoprintendenzaperiBeniArcheologici
dellaToscana,Superintendent AndreaPessina
Florence,SoprintendenzaperiBeniArchitettonici,
Paesaggistici,Storici,ArtisticiedEtnoantropologiciper
leprovincediFirenzePistoiaePrato,Superintendent
AlessandraMarino
Florence,SoprintendenzaSpecialeperilPatrimonio
Storico,ArtisticoedEtnoantropologico
eperilPoloMusealedellacittàdiFirenze,
Superintendent CristinaAcidini
Florence,VenerabileArciconfraternitadellaMisericordia,
Superintendent AndreaCeccherini
Florence,VenerabileConfraternitadiSanGirolamoeSan
FrancescoPoverino,Governor DantePastorelli
Frankfurt,LiebieghausSkulpturensammlung,Director
MaxHollein
Genoa,GalleriaNazionaledellaLiguriaaPalazzoSpinola,
Director FaridaSimonetti
Genoa,SoprintendenzaperiBeniStorici,Artistici
edEtnoantropologicidellaLiguria,
Superintendent p.t. FrancoBoggero
Lille,MuséedesBeaux-Arts,Director BrunoGirveau
Lyon,MuséedesBeaux-Arts,Director SylvieRamond
London,eTrusteesoftheBritishMuseum,Director
General NeilMacGregor;Department of Prints
and Drawings, Keeper HugoChapman;Department
of Prehistory and Europe, Keeper RogerBland
London,VictoriaandAlbertMuseum,
Director General MarkJones;Department of Sculpture,
Metalwork, Ceramics & Glass, Keeper PaulWilliamson
Lucca,MuseoNazionalediVillaGuinigi,
Director Antoniad’Aniello
Lucca,SoprintendenzaperiBeniArchitettonici,
Paesaggistici,Storici,ArtisticiedEtnoantropologici
perleprovincediLuccaeMassaCarrara,
Superintendent GiuseppeStolfi
Milan,CastelloSforzesco,Director ClaudioSalsi;
Civico Gabinetto dei Disegni, Department Head
FrancescaRossi;Museo d’Arte Antica e Pinacoteca,
Department Head FrancescaTasso
Milan,SoprintendenzaperiBeniStoriciArtistici
edEtnoantropologiciperleprovincediMilano,
Bergamo,Como,Lecco,Lodi,Monza,Pavia,Sondrio,
Varese,Superintendent SandrinaBandera
Modena,GalleriaEstense,Director DavideGasparotto
Modena,SoprintendenzaperiBeniStorici,Artistici
edEtnoantropologiciperleprovincediModena
eReggioEmilia,Superintendent StefanoCasciu
Montepulciano,DioceseofMontepulciano,Chiusi
andPienza,Ufficio Beni Culturali Ecclesiastici,
Director Rev.AntonioCanestri
Naples,MuseoArcheologicoNazionale,
Director ValeriaSampaolo
Naples,MuseodiCapodimonte,Director FabrizioVona
Naples,SoprintendenzaSpecialeperiBeniArcheologici
diNapoliePompei,Superintendent Teresa
ElenaCinquantaquattro
Naples,SoprintendenzaSpecialeperilPatrimonio
Storico,ArtisticoedEtnoantropologico
eperilPoloMusealedellacittàdiNapoli,
Superintendent FabrizioVona
NewYork,eMetropolitanMuseumofArt,
Director TomCampbell;Department of Greek and
Roman Art, Curator in charge CarlosA.Picón;
Department of Medieval Art and e Cloisters,
Curator in charge PeterBarnet;Department of European
Sculpture and Decorative Arts,
Curator in charge LukeSyson
Padua,MuseodiScienzeArcheologicheed’Arte
dell’UniversitàdegliStudidiPadova,
Director GiovannaValenzano
Paris,InstitutdeFrance,MuséeJacquemart-André,
Président Jean-PierreBabelon;Conservateur Nicolas
SainteFareGarnot
Paris,MuséedeCluny-MuséeNationalduMoyenÂge,
Director élisabethTaburet-Delahaye
Paris,MuséeduLouvre,
Président-directeur HenriLoyrette;département des Arts
Graphiques, Director p.t. Marie-PierreSalé;département
des Objets d’art, Director MarcBascou;département des
Peintures, Director VincentPomarède;département des
Sculptures, Director GenevièveBresc-Bautier
Philadelphia,PhiladelphiaMuseumofArt,Director
TimothyRub;Adjunct Curator John G. Johnson
Collection CarlStrehlke
Pisa,SoprintendenzaperiBeniArchitettonici,
Paesaggistici,Artistici,StoriciedEtnoantropologici
perleprovincediPisaeLivorno,
Superintendent GianCarloBorellini
Pisa,MuseoNazionalediSanMatteo,
Director DarioMatteoni
Pisa,OperadellaPrimazialePisana,
President PierfrancescoPacini
Pontorme,Empoli,ChurchofSanMartino,
Rev.PaoloMerciai
Prato,DioceseofPrato,Ufficio Beni Culturali,
Director Rev.RenzoFantappié;Musei Diocesani,
Director ClaudioCerretelli
Rome,Ministerodell’Interno,FondoEdificidiCulto,
Prefect LuciaDiMaro
Segovia,PalacioRealdeLaGranjadeSanIldefonso,
PatrimonioNacional,President NicolásMartínezFresnoyPavía
Siena,SoprintendenzaperiBeniStoriciArtistici
edEtnoantropologiciperleprovincediSiena
eGrosseto,Superintendent MarioScalini
VaticanCity,BibliotecaApostolicaVaticana,
Prefect MgrCesarePasini
VaticanCity,MuseiVaticani,Director AntonioPaolucci
Venice,MuseoArcheologicoNazionalediVenezia,
Director MichelaSediari
Venice,SoprintendenzaperiBeniStoriciArtistici
edEtnoantropologiciperleprovincediVenezia,
Belluno,PadovaeTreviso,Superintendent
MaricaMercalli
Venice,SoprintendenzaSpecialeperilPatrimonio
Storico,ArtisticoedEtnoantropologicoeperilPolo
musealedellacittàdiVeneziaedeicomunidella
Grondalagunare,Superintendent GiovannaDamiani
Vienna,KunsthistorischesMuseum,Director General
SabineHaag;Antikensammlung, Director Alfred
Bernhard-Walcher
Washington,D.C.,NationalGalleryofArt,Director Earl
A.PowellIII;Departments of Sculpture and Decorative
Arts, Curator and Department Head MaryL.Levkoff
State Indemnity
Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali, Direzione
Generale per la valorizzazione del patrimonio culturale
AnnaMariaBuzzi
Servizio I – Valorizzazione del patrimonio culturale,
programmazione e bilancio
ManuelRobertoGuido
MarcelloTagliente
Ufficio Garanzia di Stato
AntonioPiscitelli
Opificio delle Pietre Dure
MarcoCiatti
with the collaboration of
FrancescaCianiPasseri
Istituto Superiore per la Conservazione ed il Restauro
GisellaCapponi
with the collaboration of
LauraD’Agostino
MariaConcettaLaurenti
AnnaMilaneschi
Ministero dell’Economia e delle Finanze
Dipartimento Ragioneria dello Stato
Ispettorato Generale del Bilancio, Ufficio XI
RosarioStella
Collaborators
SebastianoVerdesca
CarlaRusso
Corte dei Conti
Ufficio di Controllo sugli atti del Ministero dell’Istruzione,
dell’Università e della Ricerca, del Ministero per i Beni
e le Attività Culturali, del Ministero della Salute
e del Ministero del Lavoro e delle Politiche Sociali
MariaElenaRaso
LinaPace
Preventive conservation and climate control
Opificio delle Pietre Dure
Preventive conservation and climate control department
RobertoBoddi,Director
SandraCassi,Assistant
Inspection of the conservational status of the works
Opificio delle Pietre Dure
Department of Bronzes and Ancient Weapons
MariaDonataMazzoni,Director
Department of Easel Paintings
MarcoCiatti,Director
ChiaraRossiScarzanella,TechnicalDirector
Department of Ceramic, Plastic and Glass Materials
LauraSperanza,Director
RosannaMoradei,TechnicalDirector
Department of Stone Materials
MariaCristinaImprota,Director
IsidoroCastello,TechnicalDirector
Department of Polychrome Wooden Sculpture
LauraSperanza,Director
MariaDonataMazzoni,TechnicalDirector
Condition reports
AlessandraRamatandChiaraRossiScarzanella
(Coordination),StefaniaAgnoletti(BronzesandAncient
Weapons),AnnalenaBrini(BronzesandAncient
Weapons),IsidoroCastello(StoneMaterials),
MariaDonataMazzoni(PolychromeWoodenSculpture),
RosannaMoradei(CeramicandPlasticMaterials)
AlessandraRamat(Paintings),OrianaSartiani
(Paintings),FrancaSorella(StoneMaterials)
Restorations and conservative work
Cavaillon,AlessandroIngoglia,AnnaIngoglia
(cat.no.X.8)
Florence,MiriamFioccaandMarinaVincenti
(cat.no. VIII.10)
Florence,IolandaLarenza(cat.no.II.5)
Florence,LudovicaNicolai(cat.no.III.19)
Florence,Nike-Restaurodiopered’artes.n.c.
(cat.nos.I.12.a,IV.6)
Florence,OpificiodellePietreDure
RestorationDirection:LauraSperanza,Technical
Direction:RosannaMoradei,Restoration:Chiara
Fornari(cat.no. VI.4);RestorationDirection:Laura
Speranza,TechnicalDirection:MariaDonata
Mazzoni,Restoration:FrancescaSpagnoli,Maria
DonataMazzoniandChiaraDeFelice(cat.no. I.14)
Florence,PaolaRosa(cat.no.IX.11)
Florence,StudioTechnes.n.c.(cat.no.IX.2)
Florence,LisaVenerosiPesciolini(cat.no.VI.8)
Genoa,FrancescaOlcese(cat.no.I.7)
Milan,Aconerres.n.c.(cat.no.VII.8)
Milan,CarlottaBeccaria&C.StudiodiRestauros.a.s.
(cat.no.VI.3)
Nogent-sur-Marne,JulieAndré-Madjlessi(cat.no.IV.9)
Padua,Ar.Co.s.n.c.(cat.no.V.3)
Paris,Centrederechercheetderestaurationdesmusées
deFrance: MarcAucouturier,DavidBourgarit,Jean
Marsac,DominiqueRobcis(studieson cat.no.IV.7)
Paris,JulietteLevy,AgnèsCascio(cat.no.VIII.6)
Paris,Marie-EmmanuelleMeyohas(cat.no.IV.7)
SanCascianoValdiPesa,MauraMasini(cat.no.VIII.3)
BagnoaRipoli,FilippoTattini
(cast,cat.no.IX.10,ondisplayonlyinFlorence)
Acknowledgments
isinitiativehasbeenmadepossiblebythecontributionof
countlesspeople,whomtheFondazionePalazzoStrozzi,the
MuséeduLouvre andthecuratorswouldliketothank:first
ofall,thescholarswhohavecontributedtothecatalogue,
thedirectorsanddepartmentheadsofthelendingmuseums,
andallthosewhohavepersonallybeeninvolvedintheloans
oftheworksondisplay.Amonginstitutions:theSoprintendenzaSpecialePSAEandthemuseumcomplexofthecity
of Florence, and particularly the superintendent Cristina
AcidiniandtheentirestaffoftheMuseoNazionaledelBargello:MariaCristinaValenti,headarchitect;AntonellaSomigli,headofthelibraryandphotographicarchives;Luisa
Palli,headofthehistoricarchives;MartaBencini,registrar
andheadoftheadministrativeoffice;SilviaVettori,VincenzoDeMagistris,AlessandroRobicci,GuglielmoLorenzini.Additionally,ClaudioDiBenedetto,director,andLuisaMontanariattheBibliotecadegliUffizi;MonicaBietti,
directoroftheMuseodelCenacolodiOgnissanti;Daniele
Rapino,headofartisticandhistoricalassetsfortheQuartierediSantoSpirito;MarilenaTamassia,director,andtheentirestaffattheGabinettoFotografico;MarcoFossi,Monica
Fiorini,MonicaAlderottiattheadministrativeofficeofthe
Soprintendenza;RitaFilardi,registraroftheMuseodell’OperadiSantaMariadelFiore;StefanRoller,headoftheDepartmentofMedievalSculptureattheLiebieghausSkulpturensammlung;NicolettaGiordani,headoftheExhibition
OfficeoftheSoprintendenzaBSAEfortheprovincesofModenaandReggioEmilia;GianlucaDeFeliceoftheOpera
dellaPrimazialePisana;LauraMartini,headoftheMontepulcianoareafortheSoprintendenzaBSAEfortheprovincesofSienaandGrosseto.
AttheMuséeduLouvre:SorayaKarkache,XavierMontagnon,SixtinedeSaintLéger,fromtheexhibitiondepartment,whocarefullyandeffectivelyfollowedthestartandaccomplishmentofthisproject;BriceMathieuandCaroline
Damay,fromtheadministrativeofficeofthemuseum;the
entiredépartementdesSculpturesandGenevièveBresc-Bautier,forhersupportandopenness,alongwithconservator
colleagues,theregistrarDjamellaBerriandSuzelyneChandon,aswellasFabriceDemonchy,AngèleDequier,Olivier
Guérin,SéverineLeFeunteunandChristineVive-Péclet;internists:CaterinaFioravanti,ChiaraFiorini,LorenzoPrincipiandespeciallyFedericaCartaandMarionMenardy;at
the département des Arts graphiques, Laura Angelucci,
RobertaSerraandCarelvanTuyllvanSerooskerken;atthe
département des Peintures, Sébastien Allard, Dominique
iébaut; Violaine Bouvet-Lanselle and Fabrice Douar at
éditionsduLouvre;thestaffatthelibrariesofthedépartements des Antiquités grecques, étrusques et romaines, des
Sculptures,desObjetsd’art,desPeintures;thestaffatthe
technicalworkshopsoftheLouvreformetalandmarble,who
broughtintheircustomaryexpertisetoensurethefinestpresentationofmanyoftheworkondisplay;theServiceimages
etressourcesdocumentairesand,inparticular,Anne-Laure
Ranoux, who timely completed several photo shoots; the
CentrederechercheetderestaurationdesmuséesdeFrance,
directed by Marie Lavandier, and in particular Anne
Bouquillon,BénédicteChantelard,AxelleDavadie,Annede
Mondenard, Stéphanie Deschamp, Anne Solenn le Ho,
ClémenceRaynaud,YannicVanderbergeandGabrielleVitali,whodevotedtheirexpertisetothesuccessoftherestorationworkconductedforthisoccasion;lastly,thestaffatthe
BibliothèquecentraledesMuséesnationauxandattheBibliothèquedel’INHA.
Also, the directors of the Kunsthistorisches Institut at the
Florenz-MaxPlanckInstitut,AlessandroNovaandGerhard
Wolf, Maja Häderli; Piero Scapecchi from the Biblioteca
Nazionale Centrale di Firenze; Lorenzo Fabbri from the
ArchivioStoricodell’OperadiSantaMariadelFiore;Laura
Basso,headoftheRaccoltediArteAnticaattheCastello
Sforzesco;PaolaReficefromtheSoprintendenzaBAPSAE of
Arezzo;LindaMartino,PaolaGiusti,MarinaSantucciand
BrigitteDaPrafromtheMuseodiCapodimonte;PaolaRubinofromtheMuseoArcheologicoNazionaleinNaples;GianlucaZanellifromtheGalleriaNazionalediPalazzoSpinola;HélèneCouot,CélineCordièreandAudeDurand,from
theMuséeJacquemart-André;LaetitiaBarrague-Zouita,DamienBernéandAlainTapiéfromtheMuséedesBeaux-Arts
inLille;SalimaHellal,LudmilaVirassamynaikenfromthe
MuséedesBeaux-ArtsinLyon;AlessandroRuggiero,Presidentofthe“AmicidelBargello”AssociationanditsBoardof
Directors.
SpecialthanksgotoDivoSavelli,anenthusiasticscholarof
thecomplexofSantaMariadegliAngeli,whocanbecreditedwithfindingandreportingthemarbleinscriptiononGhiberti’sSarcophagus of the Martyrs (cat.no.III.14.a),thought
tobelostandrepresentingoneofthemostsignificantworks
ondisplayhere.Alongwithhim,thecuratorsaregratefulto
themanyfriendsandcolleagueswho,indifferentways,have
collaboratedwiththeminthelengthypreparationofthisexhibition:LuceAbélès,LucaAntonucci,FrancescoCaglioti,
FaustoCalderai,ElenaCarrara,AndreaeBenedettaChiesi,
MarioCuria,BonaandVittorioFrescobaldi,ElenaBianca
Di Gioia, Richard Goldthwaite, Gilberto Lazzeri, Mario
AugustoLolliGhetti,AlfredoMassart,MarcoMasseti,Lorenzo Mennonna, Maria Chiara Monaco, Anna Monti,
MariaLudovicaNicolai,PaolaPalasciano,StefanoPalumbo, Folco Lorenzo Pellegrini, Carmine Pepe, Antonio
Quattrone,DanielRoger,NevilleRowley,CarloSisi,MarcoSpallanzani,ValentinaSupino,LisaVenerosiPesciolini
and DimitriosZikos.
With matchless attention and constant, affectionate diligence,onbehalfoftheFondazionePalazzoStrozziLudovica
Sebregondihasfollowedallthephasesofpreparation,expertlyoverseeingtheeducationalaspectsoftheexhibition.
eexhibitionlayout,whichhasbeenparticularlydemandingduetothenumberandsizeoftheworks,wasdesignedby
LuigiCupelliniwithgreatsensitivityandexpertise,making
the exhibition path clear and coherent, despite the spatial
limitationsofthevenue.AntonellaLoiero,exhibitiondirectorfortheFondazionePalazzoStrozzi,andtheentirestaffof
the exhibition office (particularly, Linda Pacifici, Simona
Pugliese,ElenaBottinelli,ManuelaBersotti,SandraSerafini),constantlyassistedthecuratorsefficiently,professionally
andcourteouslyregardingalltheagreementswithlending
museumsandfortheentireexhibitionorganization,inclose
collaborationwiththeMuséeduLouvre.
Lastly,forthecare,attentionandgreatcooperationforthe
workonthecatalogue,thecuratorsareverygratefultothe
publisher,Mandragora,andparticularlytoMichèleFantoli,
MarcoSalucciandPaolaVannucchi.
TheFondazionePalazzoStrozziisparticularlygratefulto
MieldeBotton.WealsowouldliketothankAndreaBandelli,FrancescoConfuorti,WalterandLucileRubin,Angelica Torrigiani Malaspina, Maria Laura Vergelli, Lorenzo
Villoresi;andWannydiFilippo-IlBisonteforthesuitcases for the family itinerary; the Annenberg Foundation/
GRoWfortheirgeneroussupportofeducationalactivities;
VladislavBelov,AndreaBocelli,RuthDupré,DaniloFusi,
MichaelGlover,AndreiRodé,LaurieRubin,PaoloStaccioli,andSergioStainoforthecaptionsforthefamilyitineraryandtheFamilyBook;theLiceoArtisticoStatalediPortaRomanafortheplastercastsandfortheinstallationofthe
CastCourt;theFrilliGalleryformakingthebronzeworks
intheReadingRoomandcollaboratingonthe“PleaseTouchTour”;theMuseoStefanoBardiniforthecollaboration
atthe“PleaseTouchTour”;theMuseoTattileStataleOmeroforassistingwiththeinstallationoftheinteractiverooms
andthecollaborationatthe“PleaseTouchTour”;Andrea
FalconeandFloorRobertfortheKamishibai;LucaCarli
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FondazionEpalazzostRozzi
Institutional Founders
ComunediFirenze
ProvinciadiFirenze
CameradiCommerciodiFirenze
Founders
AssociazionePartnersPalazzoStrozzi
BancaCRFirenze
BancaFedericoDelVecchio
BancaMontedeiPaschidiSienaS.p.A.
FondazionePremioGalileo2000
Chairman
LorenzoBiniSmaghi
Board of Trustees
CristinaAcidini
RenaM.DeSisto
RoccoForte
GaddodellaGherardesca
DanieleOlschki
Auditors
GianPietroCastaldi(President)
CarloRidella
MarcoSeracini
Director General
JamesM.Bradburne
Advisory Board
CharlesSaumarezSmith(President)
HubertusGassner
MariadePeverelliLuschi
MauroNatale
AntonioPaolucci
AnnalisaZanni
Major Exhibitions
Piano Nobile – Palazzo Strozzi
Director
AntonellaLoiero
Scholarly and editorial coordination
LudovicaSebregondi
Organizational coordinator/Senior Registrar
LindaPacifici
Organizational coordinator/Registrar
SimonaPugliese
Assistant Registrar
ManuelaBersotti
with the collaboration of
SandraSerafini
Image management and coordination
of visual and web communication
ElenaBottinelli
Coordination of educational services
DevorahBlock
Educational services for families, youth and adults
IreneBalzani
CristinaBucci
ChiaraLachi
LisaColombi
ChiaraNaccarato
BenedettaScarpelli
Centre for Contemporary Culture
Strozzina (CCCS) – Palazzo Strozzi
Director
FranziskaNori
Project coordinator
RiccardoLami
mUséEdUloUvRE
Registrar
FiorellaNicosia
Educational services
AlessioBertini
FedericaChezzi
MartinoMargheri
ClaudiaTognaccini
Installation coordination
RitaScrofani
Secretariat and assistant to the Directors
GiuliaSabattini
Press Office and Public Relations
LaviniaRinaldi
Président-directeur
HenriLoyrette
Administrateur général
HervéBarbaret
Administratrice générale adjointe
ClaudiaFerrazzi
Directrice du département des Sculptures
GenevièveBresc-Bautier
Directrice de la Production culturelle
JulietteArmand
Event management
AlessandraLottiMargotti
Research and statistics
MiriamMedel
Administration
LucaBartoli
EntECassadiRispaRmiodiFiREnzE
Accounts
RossanaTrinci
SimonaTecà
Chairman
JacopoMazzei
Fiscal advice
PietroLongari
Legal advice
GinevraGiovannoni(StudiolegaleContri)
Associazione Partners Palazzo Strozzi
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AssociazioneIndustrialiFirenze
BankaNord
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FDE–FlorenceDiscoveryExperience
Honorary Chairman
EdoardoSperanza
Vice Chairman
GiampieroMaracchi
Board of Directors
DonatellaCarmi
MarcoCarrai
LucaGiannozzi
FrancoLucchesi
RaffaelloNapoleone
GiuseppeRogantiniPicco
PierluigiRossiFerrini
FrancoScaramuzzi
CarloSisi
DuccioMariaTraina
Board of Auditors
StefanoCasagni
FrancescoCorsi(presidente)
AdrianoMoracci
Director General
RenatoGordini
Analysis of proposals and projects
AlessandraBandini
(DepartmentofArtandCulture)
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