Of Botticelli’s childhood, the 16th-century historian Giorgio Vasari wrote: “Although [Botticelli] found it easy to learn whatever he wished ... of Lorenzo de’ Medici. The painting depicts ...

If anyone understood the power of art ... he was busy in Rome, not Florence. Image Two Medici portraits by Raphael are included in the show, including this one, of Lorenzo di Piero de’ Medici ...

Drawings believed to be by Michelangelo in the Stanza Segreta, or Secret Room, at the Museum of the Medici Chapels, part of the Bargello Museums and the Basilica of San Lorenzo in Florence.