Italy On This Day

Nobleman from Siena became one of Europe’s richest men A Roman coin bearing the image of Agostino Chigi, who was one of the 16th centu...

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

Patron of the arts who sponsored Michelangelo and Botticelli A portrait of Lorenzo the Magnificent by the Florentine artist Agnolo Bro...