Italy On This Day

Ill-fated son of Lorenzo the Magnificent Piero the Unfortunate's poor judgment earned him his unenviable moniker Piero di Lo...

Florentine became Medici court painter Bronzino's portrait of Eleonora of Toledo, wife of Cosimo I de' Medici, with her son...

Bishop and poet remembered for his manual on etiquette A portrait of Giovanni della Casa by the artist Jacopo Pontorno Giovanni del...