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Showing posts with label Pope Sixtus IV. Show all posts

Showing posts with label Pope Sixtus IV. Show all posts

28 January 2023

Francesco de’ Pazzi - banker

Medici rival at heart of Pazzi Conspiracy The moment at which Giuliano de' Medici is killed, imagined by 19th century painter Stefano Us...

20 February 2019

Francesco Maria II della Rovere - the last Duke of Urbino

Last male in famous family line Francesco Maria II della Rovere, as depicted by Italian painter Federico Barocci in 1572 (Uffizi Galle...

17 January 2019

Antonio del Pollaiuolo – artist

Paintings of muscular men show knowledge of anatomy The portrait of Antonio del Pollaiuolo that appeared in Giorgio Vasari's Lives...

1 November 2017

Sistine Chapel ceiling revealed

All Saints’ Day chosen to show off Michelangelo’s work The Creation of Adam, centrepiece of Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceilin...

14 April 2017

Girolamo Riario - papal military leader

Assassinated after failed attempt to unseat Medici family Girolamo Riario Girolamo Riario, the 15th century governor of Imola and For...

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