{"product_id":"ansichtkaart-florence-loggia-dei-lanzi","title":"Postcard Florence, Loggia dei Lanzi, Edizioni Z.B. nineteen-twenties","description":"\u003cp\u003eItalian postcard from the nineteen-twenties or thirties showing a sepia phototype of the Loggia dei Lanzi on the Piazza della Signoria in Florence. The image shows the three large round arches of the loggia with the sculpture beneath, including Giambologna's \"Rape of the Sabine Women\" clearly visible on the right under the rightmost arch, and on the left one of the Medici lions. On the left side appears the side wall of the Palazzo Vecchio with access to the Uffizi. On the verso the caption reads \"Firenze - Loggia dei Lanzi\" and the publisher's mark \"Ediz. Z.B. - Firenze\", with the bilingual printing indication \"Imprimé en Italie \/ Printed in Italy\". The verso is unwritten and unposted. The card is in good condition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Loggia dei Lanzi was built between 1376 and 1382 at the commission of the Signoria of Florence, to designs by Benci di Cione and Simone di Francesco Talenti, and served as a covered tribune for public ceremonies. The name came into use in the sixteenth century, in reference to the Landsknechte, the German lansquenets of Duke Cosimo I de' Medici who were stationed there. Since the end of the eighteenth century the arches have housed an open-air exhibition of Renaissance and Mannerist sculpture, with works by Giambologna, Benvenuto Cellini, Donatello and Bartolomeo Ammannati. Cellini's bronze Perseus holding the head of Medusa and Giambologna's marble Rape of the Sabine Women are among the best-known pieces. Postcards of the loggia were printed in large numbers during the interwar period by Florentine publishers as mementoes of the international grand tour.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Collectionist","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56693374845252,"sku":null,"price":7.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0530\/1442\/9896\/files\/ansichtkaart-florence-loggia-dei-lanzi.jpg?v=1776972232","url":"https:\/\/thecollectionist.nl\/en\/products\/postcard-florence-loggia-dei-lanzi","provider":"The Collectionist","version":"1.0","type":"link"}