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 +"[[Lorenzo de' Medici |Lorenzo the Magnificent]] embodied in his personality the age in which he lived. After the elder [[Cosimo de' Medici|Cosimo]], the wise and able banker who had collected the riches of the [[house of Medici]], came his grandson who enjoyed them. For Cosimo business stood in the foreground, and art was only a means of making an impression on the people. Lorenzo, who through his marriage with [[Clarice Orsini]] had invested their modern coat of arms with the lustre of an ancient house, was too much of the grand seigneur to soil his hands with money affairs. With him the patronage of art was an artistic predilection. "--''[[The History of Painting: From the Fourth to the Early Nineteenth Century]]'' (1893/94) by Richard Muther
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'''Lorenzo de' Medici''' (1 January 1449 – 9 April 1492) was an [[Italy|Italian]] statesman and [[de facto]] ruler of the [[Florentine Republic]] during the [[Italian Renaissance]]. Known as '''Lorenzo the Magnificent''' (''Lorenzo il Magnifico'') by contemporary Florentines, he was a diplomat, politician and patron of scholars, artists, and poets. His life coincided with the high point of the early Italian Renaissance; his death marked the end of the Golden Age of Florence. The fragile peace he helped maintain between the various Italian states collapsed with his death. Lorenzo de' Medici is buried in the Medici Chapel in [[Florence]]. '''Lorenzo de' Medici''' (1 January 1449 – 9 April 1492) was an [[Italy|Italian]] statesman and [[de facto]] ruler of the [[Florentine Republic]] during the [[Italian Renaissance]]. Known as '''Lorenzo the Magnificent''' (''Lorenzo il Magnifico'') by contemporary Florentines, he was a diplomat, politician and patron of scholars, artists, and poets. His life coincided with the high point of the early Italian Renaissance; his death marked the end of the Golden Age of Florence. The fragile peace he helped maintain between the various Italian states collapsed with his death. Lorenzo de' Medici is buried in the Medici Chapel in [[Florence]].
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"Lorenzo the Magnificent embodied in his personality the age in which he lived. After the elder Cosimo, the wise and able banker who had collected the riches of the house of Medici, came his grandson who enjoyed them. For Cosimo business stood in the foreground, and art was only a means of making an impression on the people. Lorenzo, who through his marriage with Clarice Orsini had invested their modern coat of arms with the lustre of an ancient house, was too much of the grand seigneur to soil his hands with money affairs. With him the patronage of art was an artistic predilection. "--The History of Painting: From the Fourth to the Early Nineteenth Century (1893/94) by Richard Muther

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Lorenzo de' Medici (1 January 1449 – 9 April 1492) was an Italian statesman and de facto ruler of the Florentine Republic during the Italian Renaissance. Known as Lorenzo the Magnificent (Lorenzo il Magnifico) by contemporary Florentines, he was a diplomat, politician and patron of scholars, artists, and poets. His life coincided with the high point of the early Italian Renaissance; his death marked the end of the Golden Age of Florence. The fragile peace he helped maintain between the various Italian states collapsed with his death. Lorenzo de' Medici is buried in the Medici Chapel in Florence.



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