Casa Buonarroti in Florence
Madonna col Bambino
It is equally to enter this 17th century palace and connect the works by Michelangelo to the centuries of history of the Buonarroti family, who greatly contributed to enlarge the building and embellish it with the aim of preserving precious objects from different cultures (that include the recent collection of the autograph drawings by Michelangelo consisting of 205 precious sketches and the equally important Archive and Library). The building exhibits rare art collection comprising paintings, sculptures, majolicas and archaeological findings that are now arranged on the two floors of the Museum. A specially equipped room displays on rotation a small number of the drawings of Michelangelo.
The importance of Casa Buonarroti goes far beyond the celebration of an extraordinary personality like Michelangelo, although it displays many of his works and documents that have increased also thanks to the donations and pieces transferred here from other Florentine museums. The works exhibited in these rooms comprise: “The Crucifix of Santo Spirito”, which critics tend to attribute to Michelangelo, the two 16th century “Noli me tangere” based on the lost cartoon, the “Wooden model for the façade of San Lorenzo” and the “River Divinity”, which was used to prepare one of the sculptures made for the New Sacristy.
The idea of creating a sumptuous building to celebrate the glory of the family was an initiative of Michelangelo Buonarroti the younger, an extraordinary man of letters and promoter of cultural activities, who employed for the works of the building, of the “Gallery” and of the three subsequent rooms the most renowned artists of Florence such as Empoli, Passignano, Artemisia Gentileschi, Pietro da Cortona, Giovanni da San Giovanni, Francesco Furini and the young Jacopo Vignali. These sumptuous rooms were chosen by Michelangelo the younger to exhibit the most precious objects of his collection, including the small cartoon of Michelangelo showing a “Madonna with Child” and the wooden panel representing some episodes of the “Life of St. Nicholas”, a masterpiece by Giovanni di Francesco, a disciple of Domenico Veneziano.
It is also useful to remember that the museum organises every year exhibitions on several aspects of the life and art of Michelangelo and on the cultural and artistic heritage of Casa Buonarroti. ... from “Museums and Galleries of Florence and Surroundings” (Apt Firenze)
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