Splendour of the Medici Florence and Europe 4 December 1998 – 21 February 1999 With around 200 objects, the exhibition presented the Medici’s passion for collecting with paintings by artists such as Botticelli, Raphael, Bronzino, Allori, Furini, Dolci and Sustermans, sculptures by Cellini, Giambologna, Soldani and Foggini, with precious objects, gems, ceremonial armor and an entire cabinet with the highly famous pietre-dure works (elaborate stone inlays), which had not yet left Florence in this quality and quantity. The exhibition also highlighted the family connections to France, Austria and Germany and documented them with objects, some of which were gifts to the various courts. To this end, loans from the Alte Pinakothek, the Bavarian National Museum in Munich, the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna and private collections were included. After Munich, the exhibition was shown at the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna, Palais Harrach and the Château de Blois. More Less Exhibition Leaflet Past exhibitions of the Kunsthalle
