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23 hours ago · The House of Medici (English: / ˈ m ɛ d ɪ tʃ i / MED-itch-ee, UK also / m ə ˈ d iː tʃ i / mə-DEE-chee, Italian: [ˈmɛːditʃi]) was an Italian banking family and political dynasty that first consolidated power in the Republic of Florence under Cosimo de' Medici during the first half of the 15th century.
3 days ago · Abandoned at the death of the merchant, the Palace was purchased in 1549 by Eleonora of Toledo, Cosimo I de’ Medici’s wife as a ceremonial residence worthy of the nascent Grand Duchy. BartolomeoAmmannati, the Grand Duke’s favourite architect, extended the main front and rear sections, and behind the palace the magnificent Italian Boboli ...
3 days ago · Oil on wood. Size. 104 x 85 cm. Inventory. 1890 no. 741. Belonging to a rich family of merchants from Pistoia who had settled in Florence, Bartolomeo Panciatichi was born in France, natural son of Bartolomeo the Elder. He had completed his literary studies between Lyon and Padua. As a boy, he had attended the court of the King of France ...
5 days ago · Lucrezia de’ Medici (1545–1561), Alessandro Allori, 1560. Public domain Wikimedia Commons. In the novel, Lucrezia narrates her own story from early childhood in the lively de’ Medici palace in Florence to the gloom of the Renaissance court in Ferrara, where even Alfonso’s sisters lived in the fear of his wrath. Although drawing from ...
3 days ago · The Loggia de' Lanzi is an extraordinary space that houses sculptures of exceptional value, on view night and day, and always visible under the large arches of the Loggia on Piazza della Signoria. Few people know, however, that this completely "free museum" belongs to the Uffizi Galleries. Of all the sculptures housed, the bronze by Benvenuto ...
2 days ago · Lorenzo de' Medici. Lorenzo de' Medici, known as Lorenzo the Magnificent, was born in 1449 and is considered one of the most notable patrons of the Renaissance. He assumed leadership of Florence at a young age after the death of his father, Piero de' Medici. Lorenzo was a diplomat, politician, and a significant figure in the world of art and ...
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23 hours ago · Catherine de’ Medici has come down to us through history as “the serpent queen,” a tag that captures her reputation for political opportunism and ruthlessness. Her reputation has been especially stained by her alleged complicity in the St. Bartholomew’s Day Massacre of Protestants that took place in Paris in 1572 at the height of ...
