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 ...

The show also — SPOILER ALERT — ends with Lorenzo the Magnificent’s own untimely passing. The real Lorenzo de’ Medici was only 43 years old when he passed ... a center of art and ...

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 ...

This is not the High Renaissance of the celebrated Lorenzo de ... he ruled Florence for over thirty years, established a Medici dynasty that lasted for two centuries and transformed Florence with ...