Simonetta Vespucci, nicknamed la bella Simonetta, was an Italian noblewoman from Genoa, the wife of Marco Vespucci of Florence and the cousin-in-law of Amerigo Vespucci. She was known as the greatest
Portrait of a woman, said to be of Vespucci (c. 1490), by Piero di Cosimo
Portrait of a Woman by the workshop of Sandro Botticelli, early-mid 1480s
Portrait of a Woman by the workshop of Sandro Botticelli, mid-1480s
Flora in The Birth of Venus by Sandro Botticelli, circa 1484-1486
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
Simonetta Vespucci
…same year. According to legend, Simonetta quickly became popular at the Florentine court and attracted the interest of the Medici brothers, Lorenzo and Giuliano. Lorenzo permitted the Vespucci wedding to be held at the palazzo in Via Larga, and held the wedding reception at their lavish Villa di Careggi. At La…
Portrait by Sandro Botticelli
Giuliano de' Medici, terracotta bust by Andrea del Verrocchio, c. 1475/1478, in the National Gallery of Art.