Keith Christiansen is the John Pope-Hennessy Chairman of the Department of European Paintings at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Carlo Falciani is professor of art history at the Accademia di Belle Arti, Florence.
The exhibit is exciting to move through and to enjoy firsthand, but the original research and commentary in the catalogue will open up this world of Cinquecento Florence after your museum experience. -Anne Holler, The Florentine A superb catalogue -Robert B. Simon, Burlington Magazine Consists of intricate scholarly stories of patronage, ambition and ruthless skulduggery -Michael Glover, The Tablet