Lorenzo de' Medici
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Lorenzo di Piero de' Medici, known as Lorenzo the Magnificent, was an Italian statesman, de facto ruler of the Florentine Republic, and the most powerful patron of Renaissance culture in Italy. Lorenz
A posthumous portrait dating from the late 1560s (formerly attributed to Bronzino)
Madonna of the Magnificat shows Lucrezia Tornabuoni as the Madonna surrounded by her children, with Lorenzo holding a pot of ink.
The Adoration of the Magi includes several generations of the Medici family and their retainers. Sixteen-year-old Lorenzo is to the left, with his horse, prior to his departure on a diplomatic mission to Milan.
Bust by Verrocchio, 15th-century terracotta bust, National Gallery of Art, Washington
Pope Leo X
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Pope Leo X was head of the Catholic Church and leader of the Papal States from 9 March 1513 to his death in December 1521.
Lorenzo de' Medici
…Contessina Beatrice di Lorenzo de' Medici, died shortly after her birth on 23 September 1474 Giovanni di Lorenzo de' Medici (1475–1521), ascended to the papacy as Leo X in 1513 Luisa di Lorenzo de' Medici (1477–1488), also called Luigia, was betrothed to Giovanni de' Medici…
Detail of the Portrait of Leo X (c. 1518–1520)
Santa Maria in Domnica
Raphael's Portrait of Leo X with his first cousins, the cardinals Giulio de' Medici (later Pope Clement VII) and Luigi de' Rossi (1518; Uffizi gallery, Florence).
Bulla Contra errores Martini Lutheri of 1521