He proved more suited to studying classic Italian literature, principally Dante, and fine arts.
[1] He was an extraordinary functionary of the grand-ducal court, acting as director of the Uffizi, secretary to the Accademia di Belle Arti and display consultant to the Medici's palazzi and villas.
Between June and October 1800, fearing French troops would return to Florence, he decided to move the Uffizi artworks to safety.
[1] On 14 October 1800, after the defeat of the "Royal Grand Ducal Regency", Puccini set off from Livorno for Palermo with 75 crates containing the best statues and paintings from the Uffizi and Palazzo Pitti collection.
[3] In 1803, after the end of the second French occupation and Charles Louis Bourbon's arrival in Tuscany to be the first ruler of the new Kingdom of Etruria, the artworks were returned to Florence and Puccini resumed his role as director.