🏛️ The Ringling Museum of Art Walking Tour

5401 Bay Shore Rd Indian Beach/Sapphire Shores

Ringling Museum Walking Tour

🏛️ The Ringling Museum Walking Tour

Theme: European Painting Highlights
Format: Self-guided, mobile-friendly, with optional QR audio narration
Total Stops: 6 galleries + 1 outdoor finale
Estimated Duration: 60–75 minutes

📜 Introduction – A Legacy of Art, Architecture, and Imagination

Founded in 1927 by circus impresario John Ringling and his wife Mable, The Ringling Museum was envisioned as a cultural gift to Florida—a place where art, architecture, and storytelling could flourish...

🎨 Gallery 1 – Italian Renaissance and Mannerism

Sacred geometry, divine storytelling, and the rebirth of classical ideals.

🖼️ Francesco de Mura – The Assumption of the Virgin (c. 1750)

Medium: Oil on canvas | SN101 | Permanent collection

📍 View on Map

Francesco de Mura (1696–1782) was a leading figure of the Neapolitan Baroque and later Neoclassicism...

De Mura’s Virgin ascends in a swirl of cherubs and clouds, her gaze serene, her robes flowing like silk...