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Firenze | Galleria degli Uffizi | Andrea del Sarto, Saints John the Baptist and Bernardo degli Uberti, 1528, Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence

This painting is part of the altarpiece of the church of Romitorio delle Celle at Vallombrosa; painted in 1528 according to the date below Saint Michael., home of the monastic community reformed by St John Gualbert (Giovanni Gualberto) in the eleventh century. St Bernardo degli Uberti was a Vallombrosian monk, and an abbot of Vallombrosa.[1]
Saints John the Baptist and Bernardo degli Uberti is t the Uffizi since 1928.

Andrea del Sarto in the Galleria degli Uffizi
The first two rooms, adjacent to Loggia dei Lanzi (one displaying Hellenistic marbles and the other three monochromes by Andrea del Sarto), at once represent the cultural link and anticipate the painting of the 'modern manner' embodied in the works displayed in the series of seven rooms that follows. These include paintings by Andrea del Sarto, Rosso Fiorentino, Pontormo, Bronzino and Raphael. In addition to these seven rooms are two others frescoed by Luigi Ademollo, the layout of which will be finalised in the near future. The red rooms dedicated to the Cinquecento	56 Hellenistic marbles 57 Andrea del Sarto & Ancients 58 Andrea del Sarto 59 Friends of Andrea 60 Rosso Fiorentino 61 Pontormo 64 Bronzino 65 Bronzino & the Medici 66 Raphael

Andrea del Sarto, Saints Michael and John Gualberti, 1528, tempera on wood, 184 x 172 cm, Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence[1]

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