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Lorenzo di Piero de' Medici (Italian: [loˈrɛntso de ˈmɛːditʃi]), known as Lorenzo the Magnificent (Italian: Lorenzo il Magnifico; 1 January 1449 – 8 April 1492), [2] was an Italian statesman, the de facto ruler of the Florentine Republic, and the most powerful patron of Renaissance culture in Italy. [3][4][5] Lorenzo held the balance of ...
Lorenzo di Piero de' Medici (Italian: [loˈrɛntso di ˈpjɛːro de ˈmɛːditʃi]; 12 September 1492 – 4 May 1519) was the ruler of Florence from 1516 until his death in 1519. He was also Duke of Urbino during the same period. His daughter Catherine de' Medici became Queen Consort of France, while his illegitimate son, Alessandro de' Medici ...
c. 1534. Medium. Oil on wood. Dimensions. 90 cm × 72 cm (35 in × 28 in) Location. Uffizi, Florence. The Portrait of Lorenzo the Magnificent is an oil-on-wood painting by Italian artist Giorgio Vasari, created around 1534. It is housed in the Uffizi, in Florence.
1743 (1743) (original line) Cadet branches. 14 cadet branches; still alive only 2: List. De' Medici of Ottajano. De' Medici Tornaquinci of Castellina [ it ] The House of Medici (English: / ˈmɛdɪtʃi / MED-itch-ee, UK also / məˈdiːtʃi / mə-DEE-chee; [ 4 ]Italian: [ˈmɛːditʃi]) was an Italian banking family and political dynasty that ...
Medici. (TV series) Medici (Italian: I Medici) is a historical drama television series created by Frank Spotnitz and Nicholas Meyer. The series was produced by Italian companies Lux Vide and Rai Fiction, in collaboration with Spotnitz's Big Light Productions. The series follows the House of Medici, bankers of the Pope, in 15th-century Florence.
Piero di Lorenzo de' Medici was the eldest son of Lorenzo de' Medici (Lorenzo the Magnificent) and Clarice Orsini.He was raised alongside his younger brother Giovanni, who would go on to become Pope Leo X, and his cousin Giulio, who would later become Pope Clement VII.
The new Pope Leo X was no stranger to Michelangelo, being no other than his old schoolmate Giovanni di Lorenzo de' Medici, the second son of Lorenzo the Magnificent. Since Leo was a Medici, one of the projects that naturally occurred to him was the decoration of the unfinished front of his family's church, San Lorenzo, in Florence. [8]
Lorenzo de' Medici (the Magnificent) (1449–1492) Lord of Florence m.(1) Clarice Orsini: Giuliano de' Medici (1453–1478) Cosimo de' Medici (1452–1461) Lorenzo the Popolano (1463–1503) Lord of Piombino m. Semiramide Appiani: Giovanni the Popolano (1467–1498) m. Caterina Sforza: Bernardetto de' Medici (died 1475) Lucrezia de' Medici ...