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MEDICI PATRONAGE
As one of the most powerful families
in Florence, the Medici were responsible
for commissioning some of the greatest
works of the Renaissance. Many artists
flattered their patrons by placing them
prominently in the foreground of their
paintings. In Botticelli's
Adoration of the
Magi
(1475), the grey-haired king who is
pictured kneeling at the feet of the Virgin
is Cosimo il Vecchio. The kneeling figure
in the white robe is his grandson, Giuliano.
The young man holding a sword, on the
far left of the painting, is thought to be a
rather idealized portrait of Lorenzo the
Magnificent, Cosimo's other grandson.
Adoration of the Magi
(1475) by Botticelli
Lorenzo
(1394 -1440)
Pierfrancesco
(1431 -77)
Lorenzo
(1463 -1503)
Giovanni
(1467 -1514)
Pierfrancesco
(1487 -1525)
Giovanni delle
Bande Nere
(1498 -1526)
Eleonora of Toledo
Eleonora, pictured with
one of her children, was
the daughter of Don
Pedro, Spanish
Viceroy at Naples.
Cosimo I
m
Eleonora of Toledo
(1519 -74)
9
Cosimo I
The architect of a strong
and prosperous Tuscany,
Cosimo I established
efficient government
throughout the region.
Francesco I
m
Joanna of Austria
(1541 -87)
Ferdinando I
(1549 -1609)
0
Anna Maria Lodovica
The last of the Medici,
Anna Maria left her
estate to the
people of
Florence in
perpetuity.
Maria
m
Henry IV of France
(1575-1642)
Cosimo II
(1590 -1621)
q
Louis XIII of France
(1601 -43)
Henrietta Maria
m
Charles I of
England
(1609 -69)
Elisabetta
m
Philip IV of
Spain
(1692 -1766)
Ferdinando II
(1610 -70)
w
Cosimo III
(1642 -1723)
e
KEY
Born in 14th century
Born in 15th century
Gian Gastone
(1671-1737)
Anna Maria Lodovica
(1667 -1743)
Born in 16th century
Born in 17th century
Succession of rule
