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

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 ...

During the 1420s, Luca declared his public allegiance to the Medici family, even marrying Cosimo's cousin. For his hot-headed brother Rinaldo, this was a humiliation too far.

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" ...

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 ...

The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s groundbreaking exhibition “The Medici: Portraits and Politics, 1512-1570,” on view now in New York through Oct. 11, comprehensively surveys Cosimo’s ...

The Revue française de science politique (RFSP) is a primary scholarly reference point in political science, both in France and across the world. It publishes original research articles in all areas ...