2 Johann Zoffany, The Tribuna of the Uffizi, RA 1780

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TitleThe Tribuna of the Uffizi

Creator nameZoffany, Johann

Creator nationality/cultureGerman

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1772–1777

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions48 5/8 × 61 in. (123.5 × 155 cm)

LocationRoyal Collection, United Kingdom

https://www.rct.uk/collection/search#/1/collection/406983/the-tribuna-of-the-uffizi

Accession numberRCIN 406983

SubjectsPrivate art collections in artPainting, German--18th centuryConversation piece (Portrait painting)

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Related print edition pages: pp.251-285

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00340.8

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Art on the Line: The Royal Academy Exhibitions at Somerset House 1780–1836

AT THE FIRST ROYAL ACADEMY EXHIBITION to be held in Somerset House, few works generated more curiosity than Johann Zoffany’s view of the Tribuna of the Uffizi (fig. 2), the opulent hexagonal gallery built to hold the...

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David H. Solkin

PublisherPaul Mellon Centre

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Chapter subject tags:Painting, British--19th century--ExhibitionsSomerset House (London, England)Painting, British--18th century--ExhibitionsRoyal Academy of Arts (Great Britain)Zoffany, Johann, 1733-1810

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