Medici Collection

Gozzoli, Benozzo di Lese, called Benozzo (1420-1497). Procession of the Youngest King. 1459-1460. ITALY. Florence. Medici Riccardi Palace. The Magi with Lorenzo the Magnificent and his retinue

Religio Medici
RELIGIO MEDICI Title page from the first edition of Thomas Brownes book

The Florentines Renouncing The Vanities By Order of Savonarola, 1890. Creator: Unknown
The Florentines Renouncing The Vanities By Order of Savonarola, 1890. Supporters of Girolamo Savonarola (1452-1498) Italian Dominican friar and preacher active in Renaissance Florence

Medici, Lorenzo the Magnificient (1449-1492). Italian patrician and humanist, ruler of Florence from 1469 to 1492. Lorenzo de Medici receiving gifts from his ambassadors. VASARI, Giorgio (1511-1574)

Marie de Medici (1575-1642). Queen of France. Portrait. Eng
Marie de Medici (1575-1642). Queen of France as the second wife of King Henry IV of France, of the House of Bourbon. Portrait. Engaving from a painting of F. Porbus at Historia Universal, 1885

Florence / Villa Medici
The VILLA MEDICI built at Fiesole for Cosimo de Medici, by the architect Michelozzo Date: 1903

Galileo & Cosmo De Medic
Galileo shows the satellites of Jupiter to Cosimo de Medici

Animals / Giraffes
Lorenzo di Medici, ruler of Florence, receives an unexpected gift from Egypt

Circle of NiccolA Fiorentino, Possibly Diamante de Medici, Wife of Giovanni
Circle of Niccol Fiorentino, Possibly Diamante de Medici, Wife of Giovanni Capponi [obverse], second half 15th century, bronze

Portrait of Statue of Cosimo I de' Medici, 16th century (marble)
BEN5476156 Portrait of Statue of Cosimo I de' Medici, 16th century (marble); Palazzo Vecchio (Palazzo della Signoria) Florence, Italy; (add.info.: Cosimo I, 1519-1574)

Portrait of Cosimo I de' Medici, 16th century (marble)
BEN5476144 Portrait of Cosimo I de' Medici, 16th century (marble); Palazzo Vecchio (Palazzo della Signoria) Florence, Italy; (add.info.: Cosimo I, 1519-1574)

Lorenzo de' Medici
5305277 Lorenzo de' Medici.; (add.info.: Engraved portrait of Lorenzo de' Medici (1449-1492) an Italian statesman and de factor ruler of the Florentine Republic

Genealogy of the Medici family of Florence
6266299 Genealogy of the Medici family of Florence; (add.info.: Genealogy of the Medici family of Florence.); Photo © Ken Welsh. All rights reserved 2024.

Letter from Lorenzo de' Medici (Lorenzo de' Medici known as The Magnificent)
BEN5473953 Letter from Lorenzo de' Medici (Lorenzo de' Medici known as The Magnificent, 1449-1492) to his father Piero di Cosimo de' Medici (Peter de' Medici, 1416-1469) in Caroggi

Tomb of Henry II and Catherine de Medici. Bronze statue with the effigy of Queen Catherine de' Medici
BEN5481313 Tomb of Henry II and Catherine de Medici. Bronze statue with the effigy of Queen Catherine de' Medici (Caterina de Medici) (1519-1589) overlooking the tomb, 1560-1570

Peace of the Pruth (1711): Catherine Iere of Russia advises her wife Peter I the Great, Emperor of Russia
XEE5032155 Peace of the Pruth (1711): Catherine Iere of Russia advises her wife Peter I the Great, Emperor of Russia, to sign the peace of Pruth in 1711 with the empire of Turkey; (add.info)

Collection containing a letter from Maistre Michel de Nostredame (Nostradamus) known as Nostradamus (1503-1566)
JEB4858989 Collection containing a letter from Maistre Michel de Nostredame (Nostradamus) known as Nostradamus (1503-1566)

The regent Marie de Medicis and her favourite Concino Concini, Marquis d'Anchor (1575-1617)
ELD4901145 The regent Marie de Medicis and her favourite Concino Concini, Marquis d'Anchor (1575-1617). 19th century (engraving); Private Collection; Photo © The Holbarn Archive.

Portrait of the Queen of France Marie de Medicis (1576-1642) Engraving of the 19th century
FAT4301404 Portrait of the Queen of France Marie de Medicis (1576-1642) Engraving of the 19th century; (add.info.: Portrait of the Queen of France Marie de Medicis (1576-1642)

Marie de Medici, 16th century. Handcoloured lithograph from Thomas Hailes Lacy's " Female Costumes Historical
FLO4656646 Marie de Medici, 16th century. Handcoloured lithograph from Thomas Hailes Lacy's " Female Costumes Historical, National and Dramatic in 200 Plates," London, 1865

A ball at the court of Henry III of France in 1574-1589 (engraving)
1761304 A ball at the court of Henry III of France in 1574-1589 (engraving); (add.info.: A ball at the court of Henry III of France in 1574-1589 The King stands at left with his mother)

View of the interior showing the coffered vault above the altar designed by Matteo Nigetti (1560-1649)
BEN85084 View of the interior showing the coffered vault above the altar designed by Matteo Nigetti (1560-1649), 1644 and part of the frescoed ceiling painted by Pietro Benvenuti (1769-1844)

Statue of Cosimo I de' Medici (Cosimo I, 1519-1574). Sculpture by Bandinelli Baccio (1488-1560), 16th century
BEN5476163 Statue of Cosimo I de' Medici (Cosimo I, 1519-1574). Sculpture by Bandinelli Baccio (1488-1560), 16th century

San Giovannino and Palazzo Medici - Riccardi. View of the Church of San Giovannino
BEN5475668 San Giovannino and Palazzo Medici - Riccardi. View of the Church of San Giovannino and the Medici Riccardi Palace in Florence, Italy. Drawing by Giuseppe Zocchi (1711-1767)

Gold coin decorated with a cross of the Duke of Florence Cosimo I de' Medici (Cosimo I de' Medici)
BEN5479915 Gold coin decorated with a cross of the Duke of Florence Cosimo I de' Medici (Cosimo I de' Medici, 1519-1574) made by the medalist Pietro Paolo Galeotti (1520-1584) 1537-1557 Diam

The architects Filippo Brunelleschi (1377-1446) and Lorenzo Ghiberti (1378-1455)
BEN5461611 The architects Filippo Brunelleschi (1377-1446) and Lorenzo Ghiberti (1378-1455) present to Cosimo de' Medici (Cosimo il Vecchio) (1389-1464) the model of the Basilica of San Lorenzo

Portrait of Marie de Medicis (1573-1642) at the castle of Angers in Maine et Loire
ELD4964882 Portrait of Marie de Medicis (1573-1642) at the castle of Angers in Maine et Loire (Portrait of Marie of Medicis at the castle of Angers)

Metal, wood and cork condensation hygrometer of the Accademia del Cimento, 17th century (object)
DEX5040788 Metal, wood and cork condensation hygrometer of the Accademia del Cimento, 17th century (object); Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza, Florence, Italy; (add.info.: Metal)

Portrait of Cosimo (Cosme or Come) Ruggieri (Ruggeri or Rogier) astrologer
ELD4918959 Portrait of Cosimo (Cosme or Come) Ruggieri (Ruggeri or Rogier) astrologer and Florentine advisor to Catherine de Medicis (Portrait of florentine astrologer Cosimo Ruggieri)

Collection containing a letter from Maistre Michel de Nostredame (Nostradamus) known as Nostradamus (1503-1566)
JEB4859024 Collection containing a letter from Maistre Michel de Nostredame (Nostradamus) known as Nostradamus (1503-1566)

Lorenzo de' Medici, 1449 - 1492
3083165 Lorenzo de' Medici, 1449 - 1492.; Private Collection; (add.info.: Italian statesman known as Lorenzo the Magnificent. Hand writing sample.).

Cosimo III de' Medici
3118886 Cosimo III de' Medici; (add.info.: Marble bust of Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1642-1723) the penultimate Medici Grand Duke of Tuscany

Tomb of Julian de Medici. Julian de' Medici (Giuliano de' Medici (1478-1516), then Duke of Nemours
BEN5480711 Tomb of Julian de Medici. Julian de' Medici (Giuliano de' Medici (1478-1516), then Duke of Nemours, is represented as emperor

Cylindrical wooden clock (right), late 16th century. Wooden solar clock, early 18th century (left) (object)
DEX5040792 Cylindrical wooden clock (right), late 16th century. Wooden solar clock, early 18th century (left) (object); Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza, Florence

Collection containing a letter from Maistre Michel de Nostredame (Nostradamus) known as Nostradamus (1503-1566)
JEB4858955 Collection containing a letter from Maistre Michel de Nostredame (Nostradamus) known as Nostradamus (1503-1566)

Queen Catherine of Medicis (1519-1589) awakening her astrologer Cosimo Ruggieri (Come)
ELD4918853 Queen Catherine of Medicis (1519-1589) awakening her astrologer Cosimo Ruggieri (Come, cosm) suspected of conspiracy against King Charles IX, 1574

Marie de Medicis, second wife to Henri IV, King of the French. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von
FLO4704862 Marie de Medicis, second wife to Henri IV, King of the French. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalart's " Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal

Mountain of the Sciences, 1850
3507380 Mountain of the Sciences, 1850; (add.info.: Illuminated page depicting the 'Mountain of the Sciences' with Moses, The Dominican T)

Engraving depicting Nostradamus, 19th century (engraving)
3077568 Engraving depicting Nostradamus, 19th century (engraving); (add.info.: Engraving depicting Michel de Nostredame (1503-1566) a French apothecary and reputed seer

Louis XIII of France (1601-1643). Reigned from 1610. Son of Henry IV and Marie de' Medici, father of Louis XIV
529955 Louis XIII of France (1601-1643). Reigned from 1610. Son of Henry IV and Marie de' Medici, father of Louis XIV

Henry IV,King of France and Navarre (1553-1610), first Bourbon monarch, son of Jeanne d'Albret
527812 Henry IV,King of France and Navarre (1553-1610), first Bourbon monarch, son of Jeanne d'Albret and husband of Marie de Medici

Bringing News of Relief to Florence (colour litho)
8661454 Bringing News of Relief to Florence (colour litho) by Topham, Francis William (1808-77) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Bringing News of Relief to Florence)

Cosimo I de' Medici (Cosimo I de' Medici, 1519-1574) planning the conquest of Siena in 1555. Detail
BEN5475972 Cosimo I de' Medici (Cosimo I de' Medici, 1519-1574) planning the conquest of Siena in 1555. Detail. With a compass and a map on his desk, he is looking for a combat strategy

Cosimo I de' Medici (Cosimo) represented in Apollo surrounded by glory and virtue in the presence of Hercules
BEN5468509 Cosimo I de' Medici (Cosimo) represented in Apollo surrounded by glory and virtue in the presence of Hercules, a Nymph and Atlas

Pope Clement VII, 1478 - 1534
3062208 Pope Clement VII, 1478 - 1534.; Private Collection; (add.info.: Born Giulio di Giuliano de' Medici. Hand writing sample.).

Gold coin with the effigy of the Duke of Florence Cosimo I de' Medici (Cosimo I de' Medici)
BEN5479918 Gold coin with the effigy of the Duke of Florence Cosimo I de' Medici (Cosimo I de' Medici, 1519-1574) made by the medalist Pietro Paolo Galeotti (1520-1584) 1537-1557 Diam

Architecture: Decor (rhinoceros) at the back of the Cinquecento room. Symbol of Alexander de Medici
BEN5476933 Architecture: Decor (rhinoceros) at the back of the Cinquecento room. Symbol of Alexander de Medici. Made by Simone del Pollailo (Il Cronaca)

Tomb of Laurent de Medici: detail of the face of Aurora. Marble sculpture made by Michelangelo Buonarroti known as
BEN5463571 Tomb of Laurent de Medici: detail of the face of Aurora. Marble sculpture made by Michelangelo Buonarroti known as Michelangelo (Michelangelo or Michelangelo, 1475 - 1564), 1531

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"Medici: A Renaissance Legacy Unveiled" Step into the world of Medici, a name synonymous with power, patronage, and artistic brilliance. From the brushstrokes of Gozzoli to the intellectual prowess of Galileo and Cosmo De Medic, this influential family has left an indelible mark on history. Intricate frescoes by Benozzo di Lese transport us back to 15th-century Florence, where religious fervor intertwines with artistic grandeur. "Religio Medici" captures the essence of faith in vibrant colors that ignite our souls. The Florentines' renunciation of worldly pleasures under Savonarola's command echoes through time. An unknown artist's masterpiece from 1890 immortalizes this pivotal moment when society embraced simplicity over extravagance. Lorenzo the Magnificent emerges as a towering figure among his kin. As ruler and patron, he nurtured talents like Botticelli, whose ethereal works continue to captivate hearts today. The Villa Medici stands as a testament to their refined taste and love for beauty. Marie de Medici adds a touch of regal elegance to the narrative. As Queen of France, her portrait exudes grace and strength befitting her noble lineage. Her presence transcends borders as she becomes an emblematic figure in European history. Traveling beyond Florence's boundaries brings us face-to-face with Giraffes at Jardin du Luxembourg in Paris – an exotic gift from distant lands symbolizing curiosity and exploration fostered by the Medicis' support for scientific advancements. The Fontaine de Medicis whispers tales of opulence amidst nature's embrace within Marie de Medici's beloved garden sanctuary. Its cascading waters mirror both tranquility and ambition – qualities inherent in this remarkable dynasty. Diamante de Medici remains shrouded in mystery within NiccolA Fiorentino's circle; yet her enigmatic presence hints at the influential women who shaped Medici's destiny.