US Premiere of Major Italian Renaissance Exhibition Begins in Florida

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"Madonna and Child" (1466-1467) by Sandro Botticelli

FLORIDA - South Floridians are the first in the nation to view an extraordinary exhibition - Offering of the Angels: Old Master Paintings and Tapestries from the Uffizi Gallery, through April 8, 2012, at the Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale Nova Southeastern University. The traveling exhibition features tapestries and paintings by some of the greatest artists of the Renaissance and Baroque periods, including Sandro Botticelli, Parmigianino, Alessandro Allori, Luca Giordano, and Lorenzo Monaco. All of the 45 works of art in the exhibition are related to the theme of the Eucharist.  Following its US premiere in Fort Lauderdale, the exhibition travels to the James A. Michener Art Museum in Bucks County, Pennsylvania (April 20, 2012 – August 10, 2012), the Chazen Museum of Art in Madison, Wisconsin (August 18, 2012 – November 25, 2012), and the Telfair Museum in Savannah, Georgia (December 7, 2012 – March 31, 2013).