La collection privée des Médicis du musée des Offices et son exposition civique sur la place du Duque et dans la loge des Priori en Florence

Before the construction of the Palazzo dei Priori in Florence, the center of the sculptural exhibition was Piazza San Giovanni. This, and above all the Baptistery, was the place of sculptural exhibition, populated by statues of religious value. With the building of the Palazzo dei Priori and of the square around it, the focus point of the exhibition of sculptures shifts completely. The new perspective square which is formed in front of and on one side of the Palazzo della Signoria begins immediately to be populated with statues. Near the Palazzo dei Priori there are not Christian statues but are all civil and lay statues, often symbols of the Florentine Republic. From 1581 the Gallery above the Uffizi became a sort of extension of the outdoor exhibition of the statues, which extends into a covered and suspended street.