Three of Leonardo da Vinci's greatest masterpieces, which were until this week housed in separate rooms at the Uffizi Gallery, are now on display together in a room dedicated exclusively to the Renaissance genius. The development is one of several revolutionary changes brought about by the gallery's director, German art historian Eike Schmidt.

The three paintings - the recently restored Adoration of the Magi, The Annunciation, and The Baptism of Christ (which Leonardo painted together with Verrocchio) - are now housed in a room with walls colored in a soft, pearlescent grey tone, to bring out "the fullness of the forms that are so typical of Leonardo's style", Schmidt said at the inauguration of the new arrangement.