Portrait paintings are sometimes described as windows into the soul. The Renaissance likenesses presented in the Metropolitan Museum’s “The Medici: Portraits and Politics, 1512–1570” have other ...

After more than eight years of work, conservators presented the newly restored tombs in Florence this week. The tomb of Lorenzo de' Medici, Duke of Urbino, 1524–34, by Michelangelo Buonarroti, at the ...

The Albizzi were one of the oldest families in Florence and led the republican government for two generations. By 1427, they were the most powerful family in the city, and far richer than the Medici.

Messari’s Former Vice President and Head of Research Joins Medici to Accelerate Growth Bus joins Medici from Messari, where she served as Vice President and Head of Research. At Messari, she built ...

Medici: The Magnificent (or Medici season two) on Netflix has as its final centrepiece the Pazzi conspiracy. The Pazzi conspiracy was a real-life historical event, which saw the Pazzi family try to ...

After calls to boycott the Hyde Park mainstay circulated on Facebook, Medici owner Kathy Morsbach said head baker Gracie Gamero was furloughed over COVID-19 health concerns. On September 17, rumors ...

BizTimes likes it when I write about family businesses rather than historical legacies, but sometimes it is difficult to ignore what history shows us about both. In Milwaukee, we are blessed to have ...

In his 1963 book, 'The Rise and Decline of the Medici Bank,' medieval economic historian Raymond de Roover likens the Medici banking dynasty to today's banking fortresses. And it makes sense. The ...