By the mid-1540s, Cosimo de’ Medici had used military might and diplomatic savvy to reestablish Florence’s regional dominance. As a further seal of his authority, the Grand Duke of Tuscany had ...

Renovators at Florence's Uffizi Gallery discover 400-year-old skeletons in the basement and a 17th Century fresco of Medici ruler Cosimo II hidden behind a plaster wall in the coat room The ...

Who was Cosimo de Medici, the Renaissance Godfather of Florence?

Restoring a portrait held by the Carnegie Museum of Art revealed the true appearance of its subject, Isabella de' Medici. The painting was touched up in the 1800s with "Victorian biscuit tin features" ...

Better known as Cosimo the Elder, Giovanni's eldest son took over the family bank in 1434 and simultaneously became the Gran Maestro of Florence. He ran the bank with a "firm hand" (according to ...

Bronzino’s portrait of Cosimo I de’ Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, painted in the mid-1500s, is one of the most arresting portraits in the Art Gallery of NSW. It is the only painting by Agnolo ...

The following seasons, titled Medici: The Magnificent, shift focus to Cosimo’s grandson Lorenzo, portrayed by Daniel Sharman, with Sean Bean (Ned Stark in Game of Thrones) joining as the ...