Some 200 objects - from paintings and sculptures to decorative art and tapestries, mostly commissioned by the Medici family - will be on display through Feb. 2. The late Renaissance is one of the ...

Renaissance artists such as Lippi and Botticelli relied ... backing among the powerful Medici family of Florence. The Medici commissioned a variety of projects from the artist, including portraits ...

“The president of the Bank of Spain commissioned Francisco ... are some of the most important art patrons in the world. “Bankers stepped in like the new Medici,” says Arnold Witte, an ...

They commissioned and collected some of ... But Florence’s Medici family also collected works of art from other cultures. And now the Uffizi Gallery, which started as the family’s offices ...

Step through the hallowed halls of Florence's Uffizi Museum, where Renaissance masterpieces breathe life into five centuries ...