In the spring of 1467 Lorenzo de Medici's mother, Lucrezia Tournabuoni, went to Rome. Using the pretext of an incognito visit to her bro...

Leo X by Peter Paul Rubens In 1513, Pope Julius II died. Julius is probably better known as Giuliano della Roverre, the arch nemesis ...

Giuliano de Medici by Sandro Botticelli On 26th April 1478 the ruler of Florence Lorenzo de Medici made his way through his city to t...

Lorenzo the Magnificent by Agnolo Bronzino On 21st March 1492, Lorenzo "Il Magnifico" de Medici was carried from his pala...

A dazzling history of the modest family which rose to become one of the most powerful in Europe, The Medici is a remarkably modern story of ...