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3 giorni fa · 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.
3 giorni fa · Maria de' Medici nasce il 26 aprile del 1573 a Firenze: il padre è Francesco I de' Medici, figlio di Cosimo I de' Medici e discendente di Giovanni dalle Bande Nere e di Giovanni il Popolano; la madre è Giovanna...
5 giorni fa · Francesco married Johanna of Austria, and with his consort produced Eleonora de' Medici, Duchess of Mantua, and Marie de' Medici, Queen of France and Navarre. Through Marie, all succeeding French monarchs (bar the Napoleons ) were descended from Francesco.
3 giorni fa · The great building of the Uffizi Galleries is one of the most significant examples of sixteenth century Italian architecture. Shortly after 1550, Cosimo I de’ Medici, Duke of Florence commissioned Giorgio Vasari to build the palace, intending to unite the city magistrates, or rather the “uffici” (offices), or “uffizi”, as ...
6 giorni fa · In 1515, the solemn visit of Pope Leo X (Giovanni de' Medici, son of Lorenzo the Magnificent) to his native city signalled the return of the Medici signoria after the Republican interlude. The city's finest artists participated in the creation of ephemeral decorative displays.
6 giorni fa · Come funzionava nel massimo periodo di splendore? Come erano strutturati gli affari dei Medici ai tempi di Cosimo il Vecchio ( potete leggere la sua storia qui ), ovvero nel periodo in cui la famiglia Medici prese il potere su Firenze?
3 giorni fa · He was commissioned to paint this portrait by Ottaviano de’ Medici, by request of the Duke Alessandro, who intended to commemorate his illustrious ancestor, and at the same time legitimise the family’s return to power after the republican period.
