Her father was Lorenzo de Medici, Duke of Urbino and ruler of Florence and her mother was Madeleine de la Tour d'Auvergne, cousin of Francis I, King of France. Catherine's mother died when she was ...

The tomb of Lorenzo de' Medici, Duke of Urbino, 1524–34, by Michelangelo Buonarroti, at the New Sacristy, Medici Chapels, Basilica of Saint Lawrence, in Florence, Italy, 2017. Courtesy of Getty ...

Raphael, “Lorenzo de’Medici, Duke of Urbino” (1518) Before I even step onto the Met’s grand staircase in its mini-palazzo, the online exhibition text tells me: “Some of the greatest ...

The tomb of Lorenzo de’ Medici, Duke of Urbino, in the Medici Chapels. DEA / G. DAGLI ORTI / Contributor / Getty Images Additionally, the restoration team had to choose between several different ...

1519 in Florence to father Lorenzo de’ Medici, the Duke of Urbino and mother Madeleine de La Tour d’Auvergne, who had connections to French royalty. She was raised from a month old by her ...