De Medici

The piece is not stamped but the quality of the mahogany and the amount of finely chiseled and burnished gilt bronze mounts, plus the presence of the cartonnier and jewellery drawers...

With his wife, the Italian Catherine de Medici, Henri II favored the development of the pure French antique style.

MNE 6, Br 4430. Fig. 2 Venus de Medici. Roman or Hellenistic Greek of the 16th century.

The French workshop was created with the aim of making this type of inlay for the court of this country, and is the heir of the native centre of the "hard stone work": the Florence o...

Pisano participated in a year abroad program to study fine art at the Lorenzo de Medici School in Florence, Italy. In 2002, she earned an MA in Arts Administration from The School of...

Pisano participated in a year abroad program to study fine art at the Lorenzo de Medici School in Florence, Italy. In 2002, she earned an MA in Arts Administration from The School of...

Pisano participated in a year abroad program to study fine art at the Lorenzo de Medici School in Florence, Italy. In 2002, she earned an MA in Arts Administration from The School of...

Santi di Tito si affermò nell’ultimo quarto del XVI secolo come uno dei più apprezzati ritrattisti della nobiltà, dell’alta borghesia e del clero fiorentino, distinguendosi per un’am...

Copperplate engraving, 51.2 cm x 29.8 cm, inscribed below the image: "Jeanne d'Autriche Grande Duchesse de Toscane. Fille de l'Empereur Ferdinand 1.er ["er" superscript] & mére de la...

He created numerous sculptures to enrich churches and received numerous commissions from private individuals, such as Villa La Quiete owned by Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici in 1724, vi...

It should also be remembered that glass painting was especially appreciated by the upper class between the late 17th and early 18th centuries. Ferdinand de' Medici, for example, incl...

Di bozzetti in cera si sono conservati numerosi esempi, anche di mano di artisti insigni: di Michelangelo, quello del David (Firenze, Galleria Buonarroti) e vari di altre figure, que...

As especially evidenced by the 16th-century fortune of the "tipetto," due in considerable part to Catherine De Medici, wife of French King Henry II of Valois from 1547 to 1559, regen...

In 1987 Leslie spent a year studying art in Italy at the Scuola di Lorenzo De Medici in Florence and subsequently apprenticed in Rome with renowned illustrator Alessandro Biffignandi.

In 1987 Leslie spent a year studying art in Italy at the Scuola di Lorenzo De Medici in Florence and subsequently apprenticed in Rome with renowned illustrator Alessandro Biffignandi.

In 1987 Leslie spent a year studying art in Italy at the Scuola di Lorenzo De Medici in Florence and subsequently apprenticed in Rome with renowned illustrator Alessandro Biffignandi.

This style is characteristic of the reign of Henri II and disappears soon after under the regency of Catherine de Medici (1560-1574) when an abundance of high and low-relief ornament...

The price of the material and that of the specialized labor raised so much the cost of this type of works of art that its recipients were only the main houses and courts of the time,...

As particularly evidenced by the 16th-century fortunes of the "tipetto," due in considerable part to Catherine De Medici, wife of French King Henry II of Valois from 1547 to 1559, re...

In Florence he enjoyed the patronage of Cardinal Giovanni Carlo de’ Medici. Rosa’s own house became the centre of a literary, musical, and artistic circle called the Accademia dei Pe...

Pisano participated in a year abroad program to study fine art at the Lorenzo de Medici School in Florence, Italy. In 2002, she earned an MA in Arts Administration from The School of...

In 1987 Leslie spent a year studying art in Italy at the Scuola di Lorenzo De Medici in Florence and subsequently apprenticed in Rome with renowned illustrator Alessandro Biffignandi.

In 1987 Leslie spent a year studying art in Italy at the Scuola di Lorenzo De Medici in Florence and subsequently apprenticed in Rome with renowned illustrator Alessandro Biffignandi.

The original painting intended for the chapel of the Albizzi family in the church of Saint Peter the Major is mentioned for the first time in the 17th century in the inventory of Car...

In 1703 he moved to Rome and then settled in Florence some time after 1706, becoming part of the Medici court and working for, among others, Ferdinand, Cosimo III and Cardinal France...

In 1987 Leslie spent a year studying art in Italy at the Scuola di Lorenzo De Medici in Florence and subsequently apprenticed in Rome with renowned illustrator Alessandro Biffignandi.

Nel 1703 si trasferì a Roma e poi si stabilì a Firenze poco dopo il 1706, entrando a far parte della corte dei Medici e lavorando, tra gli altri, per Ferdinando, Cosimo III e il card...

In 1987 Leslie spent a year studying art in Italy at the Scuola di Lorenzo De Medici in Florence and subsequently apprenticed in Rome with renowned illustrator Alessandro Biffignandi.

Nel 1631 Vittoria della Rovere, ultima discendente della dinastia, andò in sposa a Ferdinando II de' Medici portando a Firenze un'inestimabile raccolta di opere, tra cui la celebre t...

A very handsome French 19th century Louis XVI st. Biscuit de Sèvres porcelain and ormolu Medici designed vase.

In the 1620s, Ficherelli was patronised by the art collector Alberto de Bardi, who was an aide to Cardinal Carlo de Medici.

In Florence he enjoyed the patronage of Cardinal Giovanni Carlo de’ Medici. Rosa’s own house became the center of a literary, musical, and artistic circle called the Accademia dei Pe...

Considered a masterpiece by the artist, even by ancient sources, the painting had a very long and interesting history: commissioned by Cosimo III de' Medici, a great patron and colle...

The Grand Ducal Workshops of Florence The Grand Ducal Workshops of Florence, known during the Medici period as the Galleria dei Lavori and later as the Opificio delle Pietre Dure, we...

Mentioned for the first time in 1446, it was rebuilt in the second half of the 16th century by Guillaume de Fieu. Guillaume Le Fieu (November 9, 1584) was treasurer-secretary to C...

In the 1700s, under Cosimo III de Medici's rule, the fresco was censored with foliage to conceal exposed genitals.

It recalls Franco-Flemish cabinets-on-stands of the early 17th century such as the ‘Marie de Medici cabinet’ in the V & A (W.64:1 to 3-1977), which Lièvre might have seen at Mentmore...

From the Pressitele’s model descend the Capitoline Venus (Capitoline Museums of Rome) and the Venus de’ Medici (Uffizi Museum of Florence) accompanied by Eros on the back of a dolphin.

Queen Victoria and Prince Albert purchased eleven states by Geiss to decorate the gardens of Osborne House where they still reside: Urania, Euterpe, L'Adorant, Ganymede, Venus of Cap...

Particularly close stylistically to our sculpture, the putto with the two angels supporting the medallion with Santa Maria dei Pazzi predicting the pontificate and the death of Cardi...

Caron was one of the leading artists of the Fontainebleau School and a court painter to the Valois, working closely with Queen Catherine de’ Medici. The subject of the work is set i...

The Marquis Inghirami, who spotted his talent, sent him to the workshop of Matteo Rosselli (1578 - 1650) in Florence, which was also attended by Francesco Furini (1603 - 1646). In 1...

Little, Inc, “Best of the Best” Seminar for senior executives from around the world; calligraphy and sumi painting demonstration and lecture 1995 Lorenzo De Medici, Art Institute of ...

The work pays homage to Renaissance master Benvenuto Cellini and his celebrated monumental bronze Perseus with the Head of Medusa, commissioned by Cosimo I de’ Medici and installed i...

Grand Duke Ferdinando I de Medici, one of the most important personages in the annals of art history, established the Grand Ducal Workshop in 1588.

There are folk songs in various languages all around the Middle East and Balkans describing the unusual beauty of Circassian women, a trend popularised after the Circassian genocide,...

In the center, on a pedestal, stands a bronze statue made by the Barbedienne foundry representing Lorenzo II de Medici, Duke of Urbino (1492-1519), sitting and thoughtful.

The box is Italian and most probably Florentine, with its hardstone decoration closely associated with the production of the Grand Ducal workshops of Florence. The Medici court forma...

Hockney has received a vast number of awards and honors, including the First Annual Award of Achievement from the Archives of American Art, Los Angeles; membership to the Board of Tr...

Although his godfather, the painter Jean Jouvenet (1644 - 1717), gave him the opportunity to go to the French Academy in Rome, he preferred to stay in Paris and made drawings of the ...

Opificio Delle Pietra Dure One of the famous artistic workshops of the Italian Renaissance, the Opificio was established in 1588 at the behest of Ferdinando I de' Medici to provide...

Le fût à cannelures, le binet de forme Medicis repose sur un piédouche à palmettes.

The male subject is clearly the French King Louis XIII (Fontainebleau, 1601-Saint-Germain-en-Laye, 1643), monarch of France and Navarre (1610-1643), son of Henry IV of France and Mar...

After a few years spent on various building sites in the Tuscan countryside, he returned to the Medici orbit around 1633, creating a ceiling for Christine de Lorraine at her villa La...

Hockney has received a vast number of awards and honors, including the First Annual Award of Achievement from the Archives of American Art, Los Angeles; membership to the Board of Tr...

Marco Spallanzani, Maioliche di Urbino nelle collezioni di Cosimo I, del cardinale Ferdinando e di Francesco I de’ Medici, “Faenza” 1979, IV, pp.115-116. Franco Negroni, Una famiglia...

Through the letter of Ferdinando Cospi to Leopoldo de' Medici of 1675, we also learn of a portrait of a woman that the same Cospi offers for sale, claiming to be a work He was made b...

The style recalls Franco-Flemish cabinets-on-stands of the early 17th century such as the ‘Marie de Medici cabinet’ in the V & A (W.64:1 to 3-1977), which Lièvre might have seen at M...

He also became the principal set designer for major Medici events, such as the wedding of Henry IV and Marie de Medici.

This document is the famous royal warrant awarded by Marie de Medici to a number of Italian families established along the rue des Lombards, including the Mellerios, allowing them to...