Second Corridor

The second corridor connects the two wings of the building. Looking out of the large side windows, on the left one can admire a splendid view encompassing the Oltrarno area of Florence, the hills with the whitewashed facade of San Miniato, Forte Belvedere, and the Arno, which on the right is crossed by the Ponte Vecchio.

On the opposite side one can admire the exceptional perspective threading of the Uffizi square and, in the background, the Piazza della Signoria with the mighty bulk of the Palazzo Vecchio. In its first section, the ceiling of the corridor features a splendid 17th-century arbor decoration. As in the first corridor, there are a number of valuable classical sculptures.

Of particular note are a circular Altar, decorated in bas-relief with the Sacrifice of Iphigenia, an example of Neo-Attic art from the 1st century B.C.; the Spinarius, a Roman copy from a Greek bronze original from the 2nd-1st century B.C.; the Venus at the Bath, a copy from a Greek original by Doidalsas, from the 3rd century B.C.; the splendid Seated Maiden Preparing to Dance, a copy from a Hellenistic original from the 3rd century B.C.; and two figures of Roman ladies lounging.