Lost frescoes to greet visitors when Italy’s Uffizi reopens

A full-length and life-size fresco depicting the young Cosimo II de Medici, with the allegories of Florence and Siena, to be attributed to the painter Bernardino Poccetti (1548-1612) is seen on a wall after renovation works in the underground of the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Italy (Uffizi Gallery via AP)

Recently discovered frescoes will greet visitors to Florence’s Uffizi Galleries when the Italian museum reopens in May after months of being closed due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Workers doing restoration discovered the frescoes dating from the 17th and 18th centuries beneath plaster in the museum’s west wing, which is where the visitor entrance will be when the Uffizi opens to the public.