Gucci main sponsor of the exhibition “The Prince of Dreams”

The direct involvement of Gucci as Main Sponsor for the traveling exhibition "The Prince of Dreams. Joseph in Tapestries Medici Pontormo and Bronzino”, promoted by the Presidency of the Italian Republic, by the city and by the City of Milan in collaboration with the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities, Expo 2015 and the Foundation Bracco, confirms the spirit of attention and respect by Gucci for the masterpieces of which our country is rich.
The three cities protagonists of the exhibition - Rome, Milan and Florence - all are of special significance for the fashion house Gucci: Rome hosts the creative heart of the company, Milan side fashion and glamor, Florence, the city from which he left the dream of Guccio Gucci in 1921, and still the beating heart of the brand.
Twenty tapestries sixteenth six meters high, commissioned by Cosimo I de 'Medici for dining' Dugento Palazzo Vecchio depicting the story of Joseph.
In 1882 were distributed between Florence and the Palazzo del Quirinale behest of Savoy and only now, after one hundred and fifty, will be gathered in a single exposure that opens in Rome in January and that will visit Milan, where they will be visited in the hall of the Caryatids of the Royal Palace from April to September as part of Expo 2015, and Florence, from September 2015 until January 2016, in dining 'Dugento, as well as the Cosimo had thought.