The painting collections in the state museums of Florence are
unequalled for their quality, historical significance, and for the
sheer number of works; never before have they been presented in a
publication of such splendid technical quality. The Uffizi, the
Palatine Gallery, the Accademia, and the other national
collections-to which the Contini Bonacossi donation and the works
recovered by Rodolfo Siviero have recently been added-constitute
the greatest museum complex in the world. It is a complex unified
by its history, closely tied at first to the Medici family, who
were originally patrons and benefactors but who later, as their
political power waned, came to be characterized as collectors and
preservers of heritage. These museums bear witness to the
Florentine supremacy in the arts that was established by Cosimo I
with the invaluable assistance of Vincenzo Borghini and of Giorgio
Vasari.
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