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5 giorni fa · Francesco and Ferdinando, due to lax distinction between Medici and Tuscan state property, are thought to have been wealthier than their ancestor, Cosimo de' Medici, the founder of the dynasty. The Grand Duke alone had the prerogative to exploit the state's mineral and salt resources, and the fortunes of the Medici were directly tied to the ...
27 mag 2024 · The treaty attracted the interest of important rulers such as Gian Galeazzo Sforza and Piero di Cosimo de' Medici. Later, when Francesco di Giorgio Martini and Leonardo da Vinci began planning their ideal cities, they borrowed ideas from Filarete.
5 giorni fa · Lucrezia nacque a Firenze il 22 Giugno 1427, figlia di Francesco Tornabuoni, un importante diplomatico che aiutò Cosimo de Medici ( la cui storia potete leggere qui) a tornare a Firenze dopo l'esilio.
22 mag 2024 · The bust of Giovanni de' Medici, known as “Giovanni delle Bande Nere” (“Giovanni of the Black Bands”) (1498-1526), can be plausibly identified as the one now in the Bargello museum, a posthumous portrait by Francesco da Sangallo after 1526 and the only known marble work in the Medici collection to depict him.
In Paul Stathern's The Medici, Cosimo de' Medici is portrayed as using immense diplomatic skill to read the character of Francesco Sforza, understand that behind the brusque, antagonistic man there is someone who just wants to be liked, to be appreciated for himself, rather than for his fearsome military reputation, and charm him by treating him as one of his brilliant young humanist ...
26 mag 2024 · The family produced four popes (Leo X, Clement VII, Pius IV, and Leo XI), two French queens (Catherine de‘ Medici and Marie de‘ Medici), and a succession of Florentine rulers. In 1531, the Medici even attained hereditary noble titles as Dukes of Florence, later elevated to Grand Dukes of Tuscany.
22 mag 2024 · In particular, from 1970s until 2016, these premises house the large collection of the Uffizi’s self-portraits, started in the 17th century by Cardinal Leopoldo de' Medici, son of Grand Duke Cosimo II, and open to the greatest artists of every age up to the present day.
