House of Medici

The House of Medici was an Italian banking family & political dynasty. They funded the Medici Bank & produced four Popes. The Medicis dominated their city's government & created an environment in which art and humanism flourished. They financed the invention of the piano & opera, funded the construction of St. Peter's Basilica, & supported Leonardo, Michelangelo, Machiavelli & Galileo. Their greatest accomplishments were in sponsoring Early & High Renaissance art & architecture.
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Giorgio Vasari – Wikipedia
Self Portrait, c.1505 - Leonardo da Vinci

Contemporaries

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Antonio de' Medici, Sohn von Francesco I. de' Medici
Portrait of a Boy, probably Giovanni de' Medici | 1545 - 1570 | Rijksmuseum | Public Domain Marked
A Pennsylvania museum has solved the mystery of a Renaissance portrait in an investigation that spans hundreds of years, layers of paint and the murdered daughter of an Italian duke.

Other Medici Family Members

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How Catherine de Medici Made Gloves Laced with Poison Fashionable | Atlas Obscura
Jacopo di Chimenti da Empoli (Firenze 1551-1640), “Nozze di Caterina de' Medici con Enrico di Valois”, 1600, oil on canvas

Catherine de'Medici, Henry II of France, & Offspring

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Cosimo de' Medici

Cosimo de' Medici

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[Firenze], Italy (made) Date: ca. 1512 (made) Artist/Maker: de'Benintendi, Antonio (probably, maker) Materials and Techniques: Polychrome terracotta

Giovanni Bici de' Medici

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1459-64.The procession of the youngest king.detail.Cosimo de'Medici. Benozzo Gozzoli (1420-97) 405х516 cm.Palazzo Medici Riccardi.This is the only portrait of him produced in his lifetime.1389-1 Aug. 1464.Father:Giovanni "di Bicci" de' Medici (1360-1429)Mother:Piccarda (c.1368-1433), daughter of Odoardo de' Bueri; marriage in the year 1386.
Contessina de' Bardi, wife of Cosimo Medici, born in 1390 and died in Florence in 1473. They had two children.
Cosimo de' Medici. Porträt um 1459 von Benozzo Gozzoli, Wandmalerei .

Cosimo de' Medici (Pater Patriae) & Contessina di'Bardi

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Piero di Cosimo de Medici, aka Piero the Gouty, (September1416 – December 2, 1470), was the de facto ruler of Florence from 1464 to 1470, during the Italian Renaissance. He was the father of Lorenzo the Magnificent and Giuliano de' Medici.
Peter Paul Rubens on Twitter: "2/2 Lucrezia Tornabuoni, mother of Lorenzo de' Medici, painted by Domenico Ghirlandaio. Today has been his day.… "
Agnolo Bronzino (Italian: 1503-1572) - Pietro de' Medici

Piero I de' Medici (Piero the Gouty) & Lucrezia Tornabuoni

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Lorenzo "il Magnifico" de' Medici 1449-92.
Lorenzo de’Medici (1469-1492) painted terra cotta, Florentine, 15th-16th century. National Gallery of Art, Washington ©Hans Ollermann | by Hans Ollermann,

Lorenzo I de' Medici (Lorenzo the Magnificent) & Clarice Orsini

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Piero, Eldest Son of Lorenzo the Magnificent, Called Piero the Unfortunate - Domenico Ghirlandaio
Alfonsina Orsini - Wikipedia
Giclee Print: Portrait of Piero De Medici, also known as Piero the Unfortunate : 24x18in

Piero II de' Medici (Piero the Unfortunate) & Alfonsina Orsini

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Pope Leo X (1513-1521)
Pope Leo X - Wikipedia
Pope Leo X 1475 – 1521. Pope from 1513 to his death in 1521. Was born Giovanni di Lorenzo de' Medici, He is known for starting indulgences.(paying catholic for forgiveness of your sins) and the writing the Exsurge Domine challenging of Martin Luther 95 Theses. This was all a plan to show publicly an argument between the differing sides. This way catholic’s chose to create their own rebellion, one that could be more easily controlled and directed.

Cardinal Giovanni de' Medici...Pope Leo X

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Giuliano de' Medici, Duke of Nemours & Fioretta Gorini

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Duke-Lorenzo - Niccolò Machiavelli - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Madeleine de La Tour d'Auvergne — Wikipédia

Lorenzo II de' Medici, Duke of Urbino & Madeleine de La Tour d'Auvergne

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Henry VIII: Pope Clement VII was Pope from 1523 to 1534 and denied Henry VIII's request for a marriage annulment from Catherine of Aragon, and precipitating England's breakaway from Rome and the Catholic Church. Clement was also Pope when Rome was brutally sacked.
Pope Leo X with Cardinals Giulio de’ Medici and Luigi de’ Rossi, by Raphael, ca. 1517. Oil on wood, 5′ 5/8″ × 3′ 10 7/8″. Galleria deli Uffizi, Florence. - High Renaissance
Giulio de Medici, Cardenal. Futuro Papa Clemente VII. Obra de Rafael Sanzio. Banca Federico del Vecchio. Florencia.

Cardinal Giulio de' Medici...Pope Clement VII

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Ippolito de' Medici
Cardinal Ippolito de'Medici.Cristofano dell' Altissimo(1525-1605)Был поклонником и,возм., возлюбл.Джулии Гонзага,2-й жены Веспасиано Колонна и мачехи Изабеллы.До принятия им религ.обетов предполагалось,что он женится на Изабелле Колонна,доч.Веспасиано,это спец. оговорено в завещ.будущ.тестя,но брак не сост.Флорент.историк Сципион Аммирато сообщает,что он жил в великол.д-це на Кампо Марцио,где держал блестящий двор, насчитывавший три сотни представителей различ.национальностей.
Ippolito II d'Este. 1509-1572 A Cardinal with a love of luxury, Ippolito built the Villa d'Este in Rome, furnishing it with sculpture stolen from Hadrian's ruined villa inTivoli.

Cardinal Ippolito de' Medici

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Philadelphia Museum of Art - Collections Object : Portrait of Alessandro de' Medici
Alessandro de 'Medici (1510-1537)

Alessandro de' Medici & Margaret of Parma

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Cosimo I & Eleanora di Toledo & Camilla Martelli

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Painted by Alessandro Allori, c. 1570

Francesco I & Joanna of Austria & Bianca Cappello

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Portrait of Cristina di Lorena, Grand Duchess of Tuscany by Scipione Pulzone
IL GRAN PRINCIPE FERDINANDO De' Medici #TuscanyAgriturismoGiratola

Ferdinando I & Christina of Lorraine

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Maria Maddalena (1589–1631), Grand Duchess of Tuscany, with her eldest son Grand Duke Ferdinand II (1610–1670), and youngest daughter Anna de' Medici (1616–1676), later Archduchess of the Tyrol Jacopo Ligozzi (1547–1627) (attributed to) National Trust, Oxburgh Hall, Norfolk
Sustermans, Justus, 1597-1681. Granduke Cosimo II and his wife, Maria Maddalena d'Austria. oil on canvas. 17th century.
Cosimo II de Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany by Cristofano Allori, 1608-18

Cosimo II & Maria Maddalena

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17th century | Fresh Frippery

Ferdinando II & Vittoria della Rovere

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Cosimo III & Margaret Louise d'Orleans

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Anna maria luisa de medici hunting dress - Дувен, Ян Франс ван — Википедия
Gian Gastone de' Medici 7° Granduca di Toscana

Gian Gastone & Anna Maria Franziska

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Medici Chapel Italy Italia Cappelle Medicee Florence Firenze Travel ideas Idee di viaggio aesthetic Painting Chapel Churc Affreschi

Medici Chapels

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de' Medici Family Crest, Palazzo Vecchio, Florence | Flickr
Florenz, San Lorenzo und Palazzo Medici-Ricardi
Palacio Médici-Riccardi. Michelozzo - Buscar con Google

Medici Palazzos

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Benozzo Gozzoli Procession of the Magi (with portraits of the Medici and their contemporaries) 1459 fresco Cappella dei Magi, Palazzo Medici Riccardi, Florence
1459. Benozzo Gozzoli. Palazzo Medici Riccardi. Florence.
Laurent le Magnifique - La Cappella dei Magi, Palazzo Medici, Florence - Benozzo Gozzoli - (Italian: 1421-1497)

Palazzo Medici Riccardi Frescoes

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