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Opened to the public by the House of Lorraine in 1828, it still preserves the typical layout of a private collection, not following a chronological order nor schools of paintings, revealing instead the lavishness and personal taste of the inhabitants of the palace. The history of this gallery is linked in an unforgettable manner with the history of collections and the artists taken in by the Medici family, in particular by the cardinal Leopoldo (1613-1675), the cardinal Giovan Carlo (1611-1663), and the prince Ferdinando (1663-1713). The works that they collected, had a private function and value, while that gallery of representation was that of the Uffizi. Thanks to the interest of the Hapsburgs, Lorena (1737-1848), the collections were incremented and then reunited in the Medici family's apartments.

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