Curated category
Italian art patrons
- Pope Paul IIIAlessandro Farnese entered the world on the 29th of February 1468 in Canino, Latium. His family background carried a heavy shadow of scandal that followed…
- Pope Julius IIGiuliano della Rovere was born on the 5th of December 1443 in Albisola, a small coastal town near Savona in the Republic of Genoa, into a noble but…
- Pope Clement VIIGiulio de' Medici was born on the 26th of May 1478, exactly one month after his father, Giuliano de Medici, was murdered in the Florence Cathedral during the…
- Marie de' MediciOn the 26th of April 1575, Maria de' Medici was born inside the Palazzo Pitti of Florence. Her father Francesco I ruled Tuscany as Grand Duke while her…
- Catherine de' MediciCatherine de' Medici was born on the 13th of April 1519 in Florence, Republic of Florence. Her parents were Lorenzo de' Medici and Madeleine de La Tour…
- Pope Clement VIIGiulio de' Medici entered the world on the 26th of May 1478 in Florence. His birth followed a tragedy that occurred exactly one month earlier.
- Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco de' MediciLorenzo di Pierfrancesco de' Medici entered the world on the 4th of August 1463 in Florence. His father Pierfrancesco de' Medici died when Lorenzo and his…
- Lorenzo de' MediciLorenzo di Piero de' Medici entered the world on the 1st of January 1449. He grew up in a family that already held immense power and wealth.