Palazzo Strozzi
Piazza Strozzi
"The Palazzo Strozzi, soon to be a fitting new home for the Gabinetto Vieusseux" ,ASCFi, Firenze, 1937, 4, p. 46.
The palazzo was owned by the original family until 28 May 1937, when Prince Roberto sold it to the Istituto Nazionale delle Assicurazioni [National Insurance Institute].
Restoration work began and scaffolding was erected in the autumn of that year. Shortly afterwards, however, to ensure that the city "looked its best" for Hitler and Mussolini, the scaffolding was taken down at great expense because the motorcade was due to wend its way to the Oltrarno neighbourhood across the river via Via Strozzi and Via Tornabuoni. On 9 May 1938 the palazzo is decorated with "the flags of the ancient nobility and guilds in its wonderful wrought-iron torch-holders" and with yellow banners bearing the red moons of the Strozzi family crest. Restoration was completed with the inauguration of an Exhibition of Tuscan 16th Century Art on 27 April 1940.
"The Palazzo Strozzi, soon to be a fitting new home for the Gabinetto Vieusseux" ,ASCFi, Firenze, 1937, 4, p. 46.
Scale model of the Palazzo, ASCFi, Firenze, 1937, 4, p. 106.
The Courtyard of Palazzo Strozzi, ASCFi, Firenze, 1937, 4, p. 107.
Iron ring and flagpole holder, ASCFi, Firenze, 1937, 4, p. 107.
A capital on the ground floor, ASCFi, Firenze, 1937, 4, p. 107.
ASCFi, Firenze, 1937, 4, p. 108.
The cornice of Palazzo Strozzi, ASCFi, Firenze, 1937, 4, p. 108.
Municipal Technical Office, Sketch for the decoration of Palazzo Strozzi and the west side of Via Tornabuoni to mark the Führer's visit, May 1938, ASCFi, Fondo disegni 73/38.
Municipal Technical Office, Sketch for the decoration of Palazzo Strozzi and the west side of Via Tornabuoni to mark the Führer's visit, May 1938, ASCFi, Fondo disegni 73/39.
Via Strozzi. Palazzo Strozzi, encased in scaffolding for restoration, can be seen in the background, ASCFi, Firenze, 1938, 11, p. 409.
