Piero di Cosimo de' Medici
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Piero di Cosimo de' Medici, known as Piero the Gouty, was the de facto ruler of the Republic of Florence from 1464 to 1469, during the Italian Renaissance.
Portrait of Piero by Bronzino.
The earliest dated Renaissance portrait bust, 1453, by Mino da Fiesole
Contessina de' Bardi
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Contessina de' Bardi, was an Italian noblewoman from the House of Bardi. Her marriage into the House of Medici provided her husband's family with much needed nobility, prestige, and military support a
Piero di Cosimo de' Medici
…the de facto ruler of the Republic of Florence from 1464 to 1469, during the Italian Renaissance. Piero was the son of Cosimo de' Medici the Elder and Contessina de' Bardi. During his father's life, he did not play an extensive role due to his perpetual poor health, the source of his nickname. His brother Giovanni was…
Cristofano dell'Altissimo, posthumous portrait of Contessina de' Bardi