An archaeological dig in eastern France revealed the remnants of a five-foot-high equestrian statue that likely overlooked a ...

Courtesy the National Trust. The Chartwell portrait was confirmed as a version of a 1705 portrait in the Uffizi Collection in Florence, which was given to Cosimo III de’ Medici.

As the discoverer, Galileo had the rights of naming them and proposed that these be named the Medicean stars, in honour of his patron, Cosimo II de’ Medici.

Inequality is not a phenomenon unique to capitalist societies; in fact, it has been common to almost every social order. In ...

The trail — built in just five months for Cosimo I de’ Medici — connects Florence’s three most famous sites: the Palazzo Vecchio (the city’s political center), the Uffizi Galleries (once ...

I love an excuse to revisit an old favourite, even better when it offers a way of enjoying it in a new light. The Royal ...

View Manuzio, Vita di Cosimo de Medici, Bologna, Aldo II, 1586, Roman red morocco, ca. 1586, by Vatican Bindery, large paper copy on artnet. Browse more upcoming and past Decorative Art auction lots.

Her noble patrons across Europe included Cosimo II de’ Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany; and King Charles I of England.