Famiglia Medici

See also: Category:House of Medici.

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English: The House of Medici was a powerful and influential Florentine family during the Renaissance, their wealth and influence initially derived from the textile trade guided by the guild of the Arte della Lana. Becoming first bankers, and later politicians, clergy and nobles, the Medici attained their greatest prominence during the 15th through 17th centuries, as members became leading figures, initially in both Florence and Italy, and eventually in Europe. The direct male line of the Medici became extinct in 1737 with Giovan Gastone de' Medici.

Français : La Maison de Médicis fut une influente et puissante famille florentine de la Renaissance. Leur richesse et leur influence trouvent leur origine dans le commerce des tissus, organisé par la guilde de l' Arte della Lana. Devenus d'abord banquiers, puis plus tard hommes politiques, prélats et aristocrates, les Médicis connurent l'apogée de leur puissance à partir du XVème siècle, jusqu'au XVIIème, lorsqu'ils devinrent des potentats à Florence puis dans le reste de l'Italie et finalement en Europe. La lignée directe masculine s'éteignit en 1737, à la mort de Jean-Gaston de Médicis.

Coat of arms[wysig]

Wappen der Medici im Palazzo Pitti
Wappen der Medici in Santa Maria Novella
Villa La Petraia Medici, Florence
Stemma del papa Leo X.
stemma del papa Leo X.
coats of arms of popes.
Cosimo I. de' Medici
Ognissanti
Ognissanti
Villa di Careggi
Cortile di Michelozzo, Palazzo Vecchio, Firenze

Portraits[wysig]

Workshop of Agnolo Bronzino, 1555 bis 1665, Serie of the famous members of the court of the Medici, Uffizi
Giovanni di Bicci de' Medici, founder of the Medici Bank
Ghirlandaio: Lorenzo de' Medici (1449 – 1492)
Lorenzo de' Medici Il Magnifico, (1449-1492)
Benozzo Gozzoli: Lorenzo il Magnifico
Ditto
Mantegna: Carlo de' Medici. bishop (?)
Raphael: Giuliano de' Medici.
Giovanni de' Medici ( Papst Leo X.) mit Giulio de'Medici u. Luigi de Rossi
Giovanni de' Medici ( Papst Leo X.) (detail)
Angelo Poliziano with a child who is wrongly identified on the image title as Piero. It is Giuliano de' Medici
Giulio de' Medici (Papst Clemens VII.) (1478-1534)
Bronzino: Cosimo I de' Medici (1519-1574)
Pontormo: Alessandro de' Medici (1510-1537)
Caterina de' Medici (1519-1589)
Catherine de Medici, queen of France
Caterina de' Medici
Bronzino: Eleonora di Toledo, 1543, Prag
Bronzino: Eleonora di Toledo (1522 - 1562), 1543
Bronzino: Eleonora di Toledo, wife of Cosimo I. de' Medici, and her son Giovanni, 1545
Bronzino: Eleonora di Toledo (1522 - 1562), 1560
Bronzino: Portrait of Bia de' Medici (1537-1542), daughter of Cosimo I. de' Medici, 1542
Francesco de' Medici (1541-1587)
Francesco de' Medici (1541-1587)
Alessandro Allori: Isabella de' Medici (1542-1573)
Bronzino: Giovanni de' Medici ( 1543-1562)
Garcia de' Medici (1547 – 1562)
Ferdinando I de' Medici
Christine of Lorraine, married to Ferdinando I. de' Medici
Claudia de' Medici, daughter of Ferdinando I. de' Medici
Don Pietro de' Medici (1554 - 1604)
Don Pietro de' Medici (1554 - 1604)
Ferdinando I de' Medici (1549-1606)
Fachetti: Maria de' Medici (1573-1642)
Pourbus: Maria de' Medici (1575-1642)
Pourbus: Maria de' Medici (1575-1642)
Pourbus: Maria de' Medici
Rubens: Maria de Medici (1573-1642)
Anthonis van Dyck: Maria de Medici (1573-1642)
Maria de Medici (1573-1642)
Ippolito de Medici
Cosimo II de' Medici (1590-1621)
Cosimo III de' Medici (1642 - 1723)
Cosimo III de' Medici (1642 - 1723)
Cardinal Giovan Carlo de' Medici
Ferdinando I de' Medici.
Gian Gastone de' Medici (1671-1737)
Leopoldo de' Medici (1617 – 1675)
Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici (1667-1743)