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Showing posts with label Cosimo I de' Medici. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cosimo I de' Medici. Show all posts
12 October 2025

Bernardo Pisano – musician and priest

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First composer to have collection of his music printed A page from an early printed collection of music by Bernardo Pisano Bernardo Pisano, ...
20 October 2024

Bianca Cappello – noblewoman

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Tragic end for the mistress who earned promotion to Grand Duchess  Bianca Cappello became the mistress of Francesco I Bianca Cappello, the m...
29 February 2024

Alessandro Striggio - composer and diplomat

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Medici musician who invented the madrigal comedy The score of Striggio's best known work was missing for 281 years The Renaissance compo...
29 May 2020

Virginia de’ Medici – noblewoman

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Duchess was driven mad by husband’s infidelity Virginia de' Medici married into the House of Este, gaining wealth and power Virg...
31 August 2019

Isabella de’ Medici – noblewoman

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Tuscan beauty killed by her husband Isabella Romola de' Medici: a portrait painted by Alessandro Allori owned by the Uffizi Gallery...
4 August 2018

Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco de’ Medici - politician

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Art enthusiast who was Botticelli’s major patron Botticelli's   1479 Portrait of a Young Man, is thought to be Lorenzo di Pierfran...
18 June 2018

Bartolomeo Ammannati – sculptor and architect

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Florentine artist created masterpieces for his home city Bartolomeo Ammannati sculpted the Fountain of Neptune in Florence Bartolo...