Highlights from the Mediceo del Principato

Roberta Piccinelli
April 18, 2011

The Medici entertained a vibrant relationship with the House of Savoy. News from the Florentine ambassadors about artistic, religious, and political developments in Turin and Piedmont arrived to Florence almost everyday. Compagnia di San Paolo Fellow Roberta Piccinelli will update this section as she uncovers new facts regarding life at this important European court.

Julia Vicioso
April 18, 2011

Documents from Papal Rome.

 

The Medici Archive Project Fellows and Staff
May 12, 2010

Initially intended to include documentary material pertaining to Renaissance and Early Modern painters, sculptors, and architects, this section was extended to all those prominent figures---scienti

Elena Brizio and Stefano Dall'Aglio
May 11, 2010

There is a vast amount of documentary material on Siena in the Mediceo del Principato. Each month, Monte dei Paschi di Siena Fellows Drs. Elena Brizio and Stefano Dall’Aglio will add letters of historical importance relating to Sienese culture, food, wine, art, and religion. Particular attention will be paid to all those letters written around the time of Cosimo I’s siege of the city in 1555.