Illustrations

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Cosimo de’ Medici

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The condottiere Federico da Montefeltro, painted in profile to disguise the fact that his right eye and the right side of his face had been destroyed in a jousting accident

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Madonna and Child by Fra Filippo Lippi

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Detail from La Primavera (Allegory of Spring) by Botticelli

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Pope Leo X with Cardinal Giulio de’ Medici (the future Pope Clement VII) by Raphael

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The Last Judgement by Michelangelo

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Marie de’ Medici by Rubens

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Ferdinando II de’ Medici