Johann Zoffany (1772)

Uffizi combines ,portrait, predominantly, Flemish, diplomats

Johann Zoffany (1772)

Keywords: The Tribuna of the Uffizi combines aspects of the British 18th-century conversation piece, or informal group portrait, with that of the predominantly Flemish 17th-century tradition of Wunderkammer and gallery views. Thus, the figures populating Zoffany’s painting are all identifiable as connoisseurs, diplomats and visitors to Florence