Nearly 40 years ago, when we still lived in Rome, we spent a few days in the lovely medieval city of Volterra in Tuscany. While there, we took the opportunity to visit Florence and its wonderful Uffizi Gallery.
It was a time when various masterpieces had been recently restored, and we were amazed at the bright colours of works by Botticelli and others. They looked as though they had been finished the previous day and the oil paint was still drying.
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