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Giovanni Poggi (historian)
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[[File:Giovanni_Poggi.jpg|thumb|Poggi around 1910]]
:''"Giovanni Poggi" redirects here. For other people with this name, see [[Giovanni Poggi (disambiguation)]].''
'''Giovanni Poggi''' (11 February 1880 - 27 March 1961) was an Italian historian and museum curator<ref></ref><ref></ref>
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==Life==
Born in Florence to Luigi and Assunta Papini, he graduated in literature from the [[Istituto di studi superiori di Firenze]] in 1902 and dedicated his life to archival research and study of the arts, which remained central to his work throughout his life. He began his career as a official for antiquity and fine arts following the passing of state law number 185 ("Conservation of monuments, art objects and antiquities") on 12 June 1902. From 1904 onwards he was inspector extraordinaire to the Regie Gallerie in Florence as well as director of the [[Museo nazionale del Bargello]] from 1906 onwards and of the [[Uffizi]] from 1912 onwards. He also founded and co-edited the ''Rivista d'arte''.<ref></ref>
[[File:Casa buonarroti, targa giovanni poggi 1951 ca..JPG|thumb|left|[[Casa Buonarroti]], plaque commemorating Poggi's restoration, 1951]]
In 1913 he managed to recover the [[Mona Lisa]], stolen from the [[Louvre]] two years earlier.<ref name="Men"></ref><ref></ref> It had been stolen by [[Vincenzo Peruggia]] who hoped to sell it on and got in touch with Poggi, who in turn contacted the Florentine art dealer Alfredo Geri to verify the work's authenticity<ref name="Men"/>.
Poggi also put in place a plan to protect and safeguard Florence's artworks after Italy's entry into the [[Second World War]] in 1940, identifying several safe locations to host the objects and thus ensuring they remained undamaged by bombing and out of reach of Nazi looting. He retired in 1949 after reaching the age limit for his roles but the Comune di Firenze decided it wished him to continue overseeing the institutes and monuments relating to his own subject areas. He died in Florence in 1961.
==Selected works==
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==References==
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[[category:1880 births]]
[[category:1961 deaths]]
[[category:People from Florence]]
[[category:20th-century Italian historians]]
[[category:Italian art historians]]
[[category:Uffizi]]
[[category:Directors of museums in Italy]]
:''"Giovanni Poggi" redirects here. For other people with this name, see [[Giovanni Poggi (disambiguation)]].''
'''Giovanni Poggi''' (11 February 1880 - 27 March 1961) was an Italian historian and museum curator<ref></ref><ref></ref>
<ref></ref>
<ref></ref>
<ref></ref>
<ref></ref>
==Life==
Born in Florence to Luigi and Assunta Papini, he graduated in literature from the [[Istituto di studi superiori di Firenze]] in 1902 and dedicated his life to archival research and study of the arts, which remained central to his work throughout his life. He began his career as a official for antiquity and fine arts following the passing of state law number 185 ("Conservation of monuments, art objects and antiquities") on 12 June 1902. From 1904 onwards he was inspector extraordinaire to the Regie Gallerie in Florence as well as director of the [[Museo nazionale del Bargello]] from 1906 onwards and of the [[Uffizi]] from 1912 onwards. He also founded and co-edited the ''Rivista d'arte''.<ref></ref>
[[File:Casa buonarroti, targa giovanni poggi 1951 ca..JPG|thumb|left|[[Casa Buonarroti]], plaque commemorating Poggi's restoration, 1951]]
In 1913 he managed to recover the [[Mona Lisa]], stolen from the [[Louvre]] two years earlier.<ref name="Men"></ref><ref></ref> It had been stolen by [[Vincenzo Peruggia]] who hoped to sell it on and got in touch with Poggi, who in turn contacted the Florentine art dealer Alfredo Geri to verify the work's authenticity<ref name="Men"/>.
Poggi also put in place a plan to protect and safeguard Florence's artworks after Italy's entry into the [[Second World War]] in 1940, identifying several safe locations to host the objects and thus ensuring they remained undamaged by bombing and out of reach of Nazi looting. He retired in 1949 after reaching the age limit for his roles but the Comune di Firenze decided it wished him to continue overseeing the institutes and monuments relating to his own subject areas. He died in Florence in 1961.
==Selected works==
*
==References==
<references/>
[[category:1880 births]]
[[category:1961 deaths]]
[[category:People from Florence]]
[[category:20th-century Italian historians]]
[[category:Italian art historians]]
[[category:Uffizi]]
[[category:Directors of museums in Italy]]
December 07, 2019 at 10:45PM
