Giuliano de' Medici
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Giuliano de' Medici was the second son of Piero de' Medici and Lucrezia Tornabuoni. As co-ruler of the Florentine Republic, with his brother Lorenzo the Magnificent, he complemented his brother's imag
Portrait by Sandro Botticelli
Giuliano de' Medici, terracotta bust by Andrea del Verrocchio, c. 1475/1478, in the National Gallery of Art.
Pope Clement VII
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Pope Clement VII was head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 19 November 1523 to his death on 25 September 1534. Deemed "the most unfortunate of the popes", Clement VII's reign
Giuliano de' Medici
…died the following year while preparations for the wedding were still underway. Giuliano had an illegitimate son by his mistress Fioretta Gorini, Giulio di Giuliano de' Medici, who would later become Pope Clement VII. The Pazzi conspirators attempted to lure Giuliano and Lorenzo away from Florence to kill them outside the…
Portrait by Sebastiano del Piombo, c. 1531
Hanging of Bernardo Baroncelli, Leonardo da Vinci, 1479. Pazzi Conspirator.
Giulio Cardinal de' Medici, left; with his cousin Pope Leo X, center; and Luigi Cardinal de' Rossi, right; by Raphael, 1519
The Transfiguration, by Raphael, 1520. Commissioned by Cardinal Giulio de' Medici