to the building when the Istituto Nazionale delle Assicurazioni occupied Palazzo Strozzi. The palazzo, granted by the Istituto Nazionale delle Assicurazioni to the Italian State in 1999, is now home to the Institute of Humanist Studies and to the Fondazione Palazzo Strozzi. The Gabinetto G.P. Viesseux and the Renaissance Studies Institute have both also occupied the building since 1940. Today the palace is used for international expositions like the now-annual antique show, founded as the Biennale dell'Antiquariato in 1959, fashion shows and other cultural and artistic events, such as "Cézanne in Florence. Two Collectors and the 1910 Exhibition of Impressionism". Here also is the seat of the Istituto Nazionale del Rinascimento and the noted Gabinetto Vieusseux, with the library and reading room. See also Wrought-iron objects at Palazzo Strozzi Palazzo dello Strozzino Palais Strozzi in Vienna Notes Sources Bullard Melissa M., Filippo Strozzi and the Medici: Favor and Finance in Sixteenth-Century Florence and Rome (Cambridge) 1980. Goldthwaite, Richard, Private Wealth in Renaissance Florence: A Study of Four Families (Princeton) 1968. —, The Building of Renaissance Florence: An Economic and Social History (Baltimore) 1980. External links Strozzi Museums in Florence Strozzi family Houses completed in 1538 1538 establishments in Italy Renaissance architecture in Florence