Religious art from the Uffizi comes to Philadelphia area

PHILDELPHIA INQUIRER
By Bill Reed

"The Miracle of the Manna" by Fabrizio Boschi (Firenze 1572-1642)

PENNSYLVANIA - A rare exhibit of Renaissance and Baroque art from the renowned Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Italy, will open in Doylestown on Saturday - thanks to a chance encounter. "I was attending a museum conference in Los Angeles two years ago when I sat next to a woman on a crowded bus to the Getty Museum," recalled Bruce Katsiff, longtime director and CEO of the James A. Michener Art Museum. The woman's agency checked out the Michener, liked its proximity to Philadelphia and New York, and now Doylestown is the second stop on the four-city U.S. tour. And the woman, Linda Tompkins Carioni, is helping to launch the exhibit, "Offering of the Angels - Treasures from the Uffizi," which will run through Aug. 10 and is expected to draw 125,000 to 250,000 viewers. [link]