Located in the heart of
Florence, between the Strozzi palace and
Santa Maria Novella, Moretti Srl was
opened to the public of great collectors
on 26 September 1999 with the inaugural
exhibition, Da Bernardo Daddi a
Giorgio Vasari. It was from that
point that the gallery was recognized
for its specialization in gold ground
painting, mostly from Tuscany.
The gallery is present at
the most prestigious art and antiques
fairs in Europe and the United States.
These fairs include TEFAF Maastricht,
The International Fine Arts Fair in New
York, the Pavillon des Antiquaries et
des Beaux-arts in Paris.
In 2001, the show Pittori
attivi in Toscana dal Trecento al
Settecento signalled the expansion of
the gallery’s specialization to include
Italian paintings up to the XVII
century.
In 2003, Da Ambrogio
Lorenzetti a Sandro Botticelli included
in its exhibition the superbly
structural and volumetric triptych by
Taddeo Gaddi, a close follower of
Giotto. Also included was a striking
depiction of the Madonna and Child by
Ambrogio Lorenzetti, one of the most
celebrated and emblematic Sienese
painters from the first half of the
fourteenth century. The fifteenth
century, a great period for Medici and
humanistic Florence, is represented a
refined work by the young Francesco
Botticini. The show was also able to
display the diverse milieux of Italian
artists with the rare Genoese Giovanni
Mazone and a sophisticated Adorazione
of the Magi by the Sienese Pietro di
Francesco Orioli.
The constant commitment
of study and research permitted the
September 2005 exhibition: Da Allegretto
Nuzi a Pietro Perugino. After a long
foreign stay, visitors were able to
admire the Saint Catherine of Alexandria
by Pietro Vannucci, called Perugino. It
is a great picture that, for centuries,
was a aprt of the big altarpieces ever
realized. Placed in the centre of the
Church of the Santissima Annunziata of
Florence, it was originally formed out
of seven paintings, which are now
divided between the Museo dell’Accademia
in Florence, the Santissima Annunziata
and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in
New York, which will be curating a show
in which the altar will be reconstructed
with the original paintings.
The catalogue, Dagli
eredi di Giotto al primo Cinquecento,
was published in October 2007 and
includes two works by Lorenzo Monaco,
Taddeo Gaddi and Savoldo.