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![Johan Zoffany, The Tribuna of the Uffizi, 1777
Over 500 years old and one of the few European royal treasuries still intact, the Royal Collection contains more than a million objects—each one handpicked by a member of the British monarchy. The Tribuna is one of Queen Charlotte’s contributions:
In the summer of 1772 Zoffany set off for Florence with £300, letters of introduction and a commission from the Queen to paint highlights of the Grand Duke of Tuscany’s collection shown within the Tribuna of the Uffizi Palace…
…[A]ccording to Lord Winchilsea, one of the sitters, the task was: ‘really one of the Most laborious undertakings I ever saw. For he [Zoffany] not only Copies a great Many Pictures & Statues & the Room &c. which is a great deal to do, but even the Frames & every the most minute thing Possible the small bronzes, the Table &c. to make it be a compleat & exact representation of the Room.’ (letter to Lady Charlotte Finch, 2 January 1773)](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m7gbafYdeb1qzpodjo1_400.jpg)
Johan Zoffany, The Tribuna of the Uffizi, 1777
Over 500 years old and one of the few European royal treasuries still intact, the Royal Collection contains more than a million objects—each one handpicked by a member of the British monarchy. The Tribuna is one of Queen Charlotte’s contributions:
