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Lorenzo il Magnifico
Patron of the arts?
Florence could not have had a better or a more delightful tyrant. Giucciardini
Grandson of the elder Cosimo, son of art patron Piero di Cosimo de' Medici ('the Gouty'), Lorenzo (1449-92) was fortunate to be nabob of Florence at its most artistically creative period. We cover his career in detail in the history but just wanted to say a few words about his role as an art patron, because future historians and Medici propagandists gave him a reputation as an art patron that is entirely undeserved.
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Text © Dana Facaros & Michael Pauls
Images by PD Art, Public Domain, Sailko, GNU Creative Commons License