first, and afterwards by Antonio Possevino, Giovanni Pietro Maffei, Francesco Benci, Orazio Torsellino, Stefano Tucci, and Giulio Negrone; France by André...

realized project for an equestrian statue in bronze, as a memorial to Francesco Sforza, Duke of Milan (d. 1466). First his widow, then his son and nephew...

Paolo Ruffini as Paolo Benci Francesco Mandelli as Francesco Benci Alessandro Siani as Lello Claudio Bisio as Dr. Severino Benci Elisabetta Canalis as...

was notorious for being lustful, cruel, and tyrannical. He was born to Francesco Sforza, a popular condottiero and ally of Cosimo de' Medici who would...

Atlanticus, c 270 r. BENCI, Amerigo on Treccani. BENCI, Ginevra on Treccani. Codex Atlanticus, c 61 r. BEMBO, Bernardo on Treccani. Francesco Malaguzzi Valeri...

History, (MacFarland & Co. Inc., 2010), 118. Gwynne, Paul G. (2018). Francesco Benci's Quinque Martyres: Introduction, Translation and Commentary. Brill...

'Verrocchio' Brown, David Alan (2003). Virtue and Beauty: Leonardo's Ginevra de' Benci and Renaissance Portraits of Women. Princeton University Press. ISBN 978-0691114569...

also spelled Pollaiolo; c. 1443 – by 1496), whose birth name was Piero Benci, was an Italian Renaissance painter from Florence. His older brother, by...

landscape, a feature missing from Leonardo's earlier portrait of Ginevra de' Benci. The painting was one of the first Italian portraits to depict the sitter...

quality and powerful and racy." Symonds also quotes the cardinal Spinello Benci who claimed in the 16th century that the Gauls had been tempted to move...

novelist. Born in Florence or in Ragusa (modern Dubrovnik), he was the son of Benci di Uguccione, surnamed "Buono", a Florentine merchant of the noble and ancient...

ISBN 9780802095268. Brown, David (2001). Virtue and Beauty: Leonardo's Ginevra de' Benci and Renaissance Portraits of Women. National Gallery of Art, Washington...

paints The Baptism of Christ c.1474-8: Leonardo da Vinci paints Ginevra de' Benci c.1475-80: Hans Memling paints the Donne Triptych 1475 Leonardo da Vinci...

Alte Pinakothek, Munich Landscape of the Arno Valley (1473) Ginevra de' Benci, c. 1474–1480, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. Benois Madonna,...

Carnation, The Baptism of Christ (with his teacher, Verrocchio), Ginevra de' Benci, the Benois Madonna, the Portrait of a Musician (with possible studio assistance)...

Leonardo's commission to paint a young woman named Lisa, betrothed to nobleman Francesco Del Giocondo. The artist and his model engage in a passionate affair resulting...

Council of the Signoria in 1349 under the direction of Neri di Fioravante and Benci di Cione. It was dedicated to St Anne, mother of Mary, to celebrate the...

Vettovaglie, Stabilimento termale Acque della Salute, the Scuole elementari Benci all the last on project by Angiolo Badaloni. In the early 19th century,...

Sadoleto, as well as the large group of Umbrian scholars, including Trifone Benci, to whom he dedicated his famous capitolo della corte, composed after his...

collections. Its highlight used to be Leonardo da Vinci's portrait of Ginevra de' Benci, which was acquired in 1967 by the National Gallery of Art in Washington...

Annunciation The Baptism of Christ ✻ The Madonna of the Carnation Ginevra de' Benci Benois Madonna The Adoration of the Magi Saint Jerome in the Wilderness...

Del Monte an adoptive nephew of Pope Julius III. Cardinal Spinello de' Benci performed the ceremony on behalf of Pope Pius V. The baptism was celebrated...

consecrated bishop by Spinello Benci, Bishop of Montepulciano, with Claudio Borghese, Bishop of Grosseto, and Francesco Maria Piccolomini, Bishop of Pienza...

of Aragon in 1483. Alessandro marchese di S. Quirico, Foggia, Apulia. Francesco Antonio Sacchetti, born 1595 in San Severo, Foggia, Puglia was appointed...

They are now conserved in the Musée du Louvre, Paris. His disciples Francesco Melzi and Salaì followed him throughout his travels, as did his servant...

effects of Leonardo's pictorial works such as the Portrait of Ginevra de' Benci (c. 1475). The similarities between these two works can also be seen at...

was originally built as a grain market in 1337 by Francesco Talenti, Neri di Fioravante, and Benci di Cione. Between 1380 and 1404, it was converted into...

Still, this period (1435–1455) under Cosimo and his ministro Giovanni Benci was the Medici bank's most profitable period. With Cosimo's death on August...

designed by that artist, it was built between 1376 and 1382 by Benci di Cione and Simone di Francesco Talenti, possibly following a design by Jacopo di Sione...

in the affairs of Florence. Giovanna Altoviti married the rich merchant Benci Aldobrandini and became known as Madonna Aldobrandini. After her husband's...