Iona Professor’s Cesare Dandini Exhibition Catalog Added to Uffizi Gallery Library
New Rochelle, N.Y. – The world-renowned Uffizi Gallery Library in Florence, Italy has added to its collection an exhibition catalog written by Iona College professor Thomas Ruggio, entitled Cesare Dandini’s Holy Family with the Infant St. John: A Rediscovered Florentine Baroque Masterpiece.
“It’s a tremendous honor to have my exhibition catalog included in the Uffizi Gallery Library. From the time it was founded by the Medici Family in the 16th century, the Uffizi has been a part of Renaissance art history and I'm proud to make a tiny contribution to the legendary archives of the Biblioteca Degli Uffizi,” said Ruggio.
The Uffizi Gallery is famous for its collections of ancient sculptures and paintings from the Middle Ages to the modern period. The gallery’s paintings from the 14th-century and Renaissance period include masterpieces by Giotto, Botticelli, Michelangelo and Caravaggio.
The focus of the Holy Family with the Infant St. John: A Rediscovered Florentine Baroque Masterpiece exhibition at Iona's Ryan Library was a painting that was considered lost to art history until Ruggio spotted it. Read more about the discovery here.
Holy Family with the Infant St. John was on exhibition at Iona's Ryan Library.
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