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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

This article is a study of the portraits of Duke Cosimo I de' Medici and his Spanish consort, Duchess Eleonora di Toledo, a subject that has not been undertaken in modern scholarship. The majority of ...

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 ...