Crisis Averted in Florence: Caravaggio’s Masterpiece Bacchus Survives Torrential Gallery Flooding
FLORENCE, Italy — In mid-September, one of the crown jewels of the Italian Renaissance and Baroque collections came perilously close to environmental disaster. Torrential downpours over Florence breached the historic architecture of the world-renowned Uffizi Gallery, sending streams of rainwater pouring through a compromised skylight. The water cascaded directly onto the protective encasement housing Bacchus,…
