Eustis Estate

Uffizi Gallery

In central Florence, the Vasari Corridor runs from the Uffizi Gallery to the Pitti Palace, crossing the River Arno above the famous Ponte Vecchio.

While living in Florence, Lizzy Adams surely spent time in the Uffizi Gallery, renowned for its collection of masterworks by such talents as Botticelli and Raphael. By this time, the Vasari Corridor, a once-private passageway that runs from the Uffizi Gallery to the Pitti Palace, crossing the River Arno above the famous Ponte Vecchio, was lined with self-portraits invited from important artists from across the Western world. One of the few there made by a woman came from Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun (1755–1842), whose skill and prestige were surely admired by Lizzy Adams.

The interior of the Vasari Corridor is lined with the self-portraits of artists invited to contribute them, including that of Elisabeth Vigée Le Brun.