Tag Archives: Medici

Ludovico Maria Sforza 1452-1508

Ludovico Maria Sforza, also known as Ludovico il Moro, and called the “arbiter of Italy” by historian Francesco Guicciardini, was an Italian nobleman who ruled as the Duke of Milan from 1494 to 1499.

Artist/Engraver
Size 15 x 14 cms
Price £14.00

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Anna de’ Medici, Archduchess of Austria 1616-1676

Was a daughter of Cosimo II de’ Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany and his wife Maria Maddalena of Austria. A patron of the arts, she married Ferdinand Charles, Archduke of Further Austria in 1646. They were the parents of Claudia Felicitas of Austria, Holy Roman Empress.
Size 17 x 28 cms
Price £28.00

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Cosimo de’ Medici 1712-1764

Cosimo di Giovanni de’ Medici, called “the Elder” and posthumously “Father of the Fatherland”, was an Italian banker and politician, the first member of the Medici family that de facto ruled Florence during much of the Italian Renaissance.
Size 12 x 18.5 cms
Price £28.00

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Ferdinand Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua 1587-1626

Born in Mantua, he was the son of Vincenzo I and Eleonora de’ Medici.
Succeeded his brother in both the Duchy of Mantua and the Duchy of Montferrat. In 1616 he secretly married Camilla Faà di Bruno, whom he divorced in the same year. Their son Francesco Giacinto Teodoro Giovanni Gonzaga, although accepted at court, was not made Ferdinando’s heir. He died of the plague at the age of 14, during the 1630 siege of Mantua. On 16 February 1617 Ferdinando married Caterina de’ Medici (1593–1629), the daughter of Ferdinand I, Grand Duke of Tuscany.
Size 16 x 28 cms
Price £28.00

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