Florentine palaces & their stories

INDEX

Acciaiuoli, Acciaiuolo, sent to manage bank at Naples, a favourite of King Robert, 1;
Dardano, Gonfalonier of Justice, 1;
Dardano, builds the church of S. Niccolò in Florence, 3;
Donato, ambassador to France, 5;
Lionardo, Duke of Athens, strangled by Mahomet II., 5;
Neri, conquers Thebes and Bœotia and drives the Spaniards out of Greece, 5;
Niccola, appointed guardian of the sons of the Princess of Taranto, 2;
Grand Seneschal of the Kingdom of Naples, 2;
builds the Certosa near Florence, the villa of Monte Guffone and the Acciaiuoli Palace, 3;
Matteo Palmieri’s description of, 3–4;
Bocchi’s description of the palace, 4–5;
Riccomanni, founder of the Acciaiuoli bank, 1;
Ruberto, romantic story of, 6–9.
Albany, Count of (the Pretender), Sir Horace Mann on the, 297–299.
Albany, Countess of, intrigue with Count Alfieri, 298.
Albany, Duchess of, 299.
Alberti, Alberto, Prior in 1294, 10;
Antonio, tortured and excluded from all offices, 12;
Benedetto, Machiavelli’s description of, 11;
Leon Battista, description of the, by, 12–13;
birth and education of, 13;
inventions by, 14;
Trattato della Famiglia by, 14;
strenuous advocate for writing in Italian, 15;
death of, 15;
J. A. Symonds’ description of, 15–16;
house of the Rucellai attributed to, 113;
architect of the Palazzo Rucellai, 280;
of the façade of Sta. Maria Novella, 282.
Albizzi, Benincasa, Elder in 1251, 17;
Compagno, Prior in 1282, 17;
Luca, adherent of the Medici, 20;
Maso, founds the greatness of Florence, 17–18;
Piero, is beheaded, 17;
Rinaldo, rival of Cosimo de’ Medici, 18;
his interview with Eugenius IV., 19–20, 74.
Alessandri, originally Albizzi, 20;
favourite barb of the, 21.
Alfieri, Count, 101;
house of, 109.
Alighieri, Dante, 95;
exile of, 96, 107, 144;
portrait of, in Palazzo del Podestà (Bargello), 214–215, 233;
a Prior, 96;
quoted, 56, 155, 176, 219.
Altafronte, Castello d’, ruined by a flood of the Arno, 22;
residence of the Judges of the Ruota, 23.
Altoviti, Altovito, a judge, knighted by the Emperor Frederick II., 28;
Antonio, banker of Innocent VIII., 30;
Antonio, Archbishop of Florence, mystic marriage of, with the Abbess of S. Piero Maggiore, 30–31;
Bindo, leader of the revolt against the Duke of Athens, cruelty of, 29;
Bindo, friend of Michelangelo, Raphael, etc., 30;
Davanzato, challenged by the Prior of S.S. Apostoli, 28;
Giovan Battista, inherits name and fortune of the Avila, 31;
Guinizzingo, Gonfalonier of Justice when the first stone of Sta. Maria Novella was laid, 28;
Oddo, assists in framing the Ordinamenti di Giustizia, 29.
Ammannati, Bartolommeo, architect of Palazzo Giugni, 115;
of Palazzo Griffoni, 122–123;
probably of Palazzo Montalvo, 149;
adds to Palazzo Pitti, 187–188;
architect of the Palazzo Vitali, 396.
Amidei, Lambertuccio, daughter of, jilted by Buondelmonti, 55.
Amieri, Ginevra degl’, love story of, 273.
Antinori, Niccolò, purchases the Boni Palace, 36.
Arnolfo di Lapo, first architect of the Palazzo del Podestà, 208;
architect of the Palazzo Spini, 308.
Baccio d’Agnolo (Baglioni), the Palazzo Antinori attributed to, 36;
architect of the Palazzo Bartolini Salimbeni, 43–44;
the Palazzo Cocchi attributed to, 76;
221;
smaller Torrigiani palace begun by, 346;
Domenico di, architect of the Palazzo Bouturlin, 53;
Giuliano di, the Palazzo Griffoni attributed to, 123.
Badia, Iodico Del, quoted, 60, 76, 137, 167, 329, 331, 350.
Baldinucci, Filippo, 69, 128, 149, 159;
entertainment in the courtyard of the Palazzo Pitti described by, 192–193;
on Alfonso Parigi, 195.
Bandinelli, Bacio, 110.
Bandini, Bernardo, joins the Pazzi conspiracy, 76;
Giovanni, betrays Florence, 76.
Bardi, The, settle in Florence, 39;
fall of the, described by G. Villani, 40–42;
created Imperial Vicarii of Vernio, 42;
Giovanni founds the society to reform recitative, 42.
Bartolini Salimbeni, Giovanni, building of the palace by, 43;
Vasari’s description of the palace, 43–44;
origin of the frieze on the palace, 44.
Bartolommei, Anton Maria, buys the old Lamberteschi palace, 47;
origin of the Bartolommei, 47–48.
Bella, Giano Della, 29, 167.
Benci di Cioni Dami, probably one of the architects of the Loggia de’ Lanzi, 363.
Benedetto da Majano, Palazzo Strozzi attributed to, 329, 331;
Sala de’ Dugento attributed to, 371.
Bianco, Raffaello del, architect of the Palazzo Cocchi, 77.
Bicci, Lorenzo di, architect of the Palazzo Uzzano, now Capponi, 74;
Neridi makes a tabernacle in the Palazzo Vecchio, 369.
Bisticci, Vespasiano da, on the Acciaiuoli, 5, 320.
Boccaccio, Giovanni, 5, 107;
the Decameron copied by F. Mannelli, 138–141;
story of Messer Geri Spini by, 308–313.
Bocchi, Francesco, description of the Palazzo Acciaiuoli by, 4–5.
Bonaparte, Elisa, created Grand Duchess of Tuscany, 205;
interview of with the Countess of Albany, 205–206;
is deposed, 206;
392.
Borghese, Prince Camillo, buys and enlarges a Salviati palace, 52.
Botta, Marshal, re-arranges the pictures in the Pitti palace, 199–201.
Bouturlin, Count Demetrio, buys the Palazzo Niccolini, 54.
Brunelleschi, Filippo, 42;
architect of the Palazzo Pazzi, 167;
architect of the Palazzo Pitti, 185–187.
Buonarroti, Michelangelo, 30, 105, 121;
architect of Palazzo Uguccione, 349.
Buondelmonti, The, declared rebels, 23;
origin of the, 54;
Buondelmonte, his quarrel with Oddo Fifanti, 55;
his marriage with a daughter of the Amidei arranged, 55;
sees Donati’s daughter, 55;
murder of, 56;
Ippolito, love story of, 57–58;
Zanobi, implicated in a plot to assassinate the Cardinal Giulio de’ Medici, 59.
Buontalenti, Bernardo, builds the palace of, 61–67;
miraculous escape of, 69, 122, 136, 159;
entertainment in the courtyard of the Pitti palace arranged by, 191–193;
builds the eastern parade of the Palazzo Vecchio, 389.
Caccini, one of the architects of Palazzo Nonfinito, 159.
Cambi, Giovanni, description of Palazzo Bartolini Salimbeni by, 43, 252, 256, 329.
Cambio, Arnolfo, architect of the Palazzo Vecchio, 355.
Canacci, origin of the, 62;
Caterina, beauty of, 62;
murder of, 63;
head of sent to the Duke Jacopo Salviati by his Duchess, 64;
Giustino, description of by anonymous writer, 62.
Canigiani, Eletta, mother of Petrarch, 67;
Piero, Chancellor to the Empress of Constantinople, 67.
Canto de’ Diavoli, The, 352.
Cappello, Carlo, character of, 24;
epitaph of favourite horse of, 24.
Capponi, Marquess Alessandro, builds the Palazzo Capponi, 70;
Marquess Gino, last of his branch of the family, 70;
Gino, takes Pisa, 70–71;
Lodovico, falls in love with Maddalena Vettori, 135;
motto and emblem invented by, 136;
decorates palace in symbolical fashion, 136;
Neri, one of the most influential men in Florence, 71;
Piero, success of as merchant, diplomatist and soldier, 71;
proud answer of to Charles VII. of France, 71;
death of, 72, 168;
Niccolò, elected Gonfalonier, 72;
proclaims Jesus Christ King of Florence, 72;
is deposed and imprisoned, 73;
his meeting with Michelangelo, 74;
his death, 74.
Capponi (delle Rovinate), palace of the originally Da Uzzano, 74.
Carriages first introduced into Florence, 173.
Castellani, Francesco, knighted by his father’s bier, 23.
Cavalcanti, Guido de’, game of chess of, 279.
Cellini, Benvenuto, his medal for Federigo Ginori, 110;
on Bandinelli’s Hercules, 378.
Cerchi, Piero Monaldi on the, 75–76;
Vieri de’, called to Rome by the Pope, 95.
Cibo, The, introduce carriages into Florence, 173;
Francesco buys the Palazzo Pazzi, 172;
Ricciarda, mistress of Alessandro de’ Medici, 172.
Cigoli (Cardi), Fra Lodovico, architect of the Loggia of the Palazzo Corsi Salviati, 76, 159.
Cinelli, Giovanni, 77, 101, 116, 122.
Cocchi, Palazzo praised by Vasari, 76;
built by Raffaello del Bianco, 77.
Compagni, Dino, description of Corso Donati by, 98;
exclaims against the avidity of the Florentines, 179;
on the storming of the Palazzo del Podestà, 211;
on the Cerchi and the Donati, 313, 314.
Corsi, origin of the, 80;
Giovanni, entrusted with the care of Alessandro de’ Medici, 81;
his nephews buy the Palazzo Tornabuoni, 81;
Laura, marries the Marquess Salviati, 81.
Corsini, palace built for the Marquess Filippo, 81;
Andrea S. where born, 82;
charity of, 83;
Bishop of Fiesole, 82;
canonized, 82;
Amerigo, First Archbishop of Florence, 83;
Bartolommeo, buys large estates, 84;
Bartolommeo, created Prince of Sismano by Clement XII., 85;
identifies himself with the Spanish party, 86;
Bertoldo, Governor of the fortress of S. Giovanni, offers to cede arms to the people, is banished by Cosimo I. and decapitated, 84;
Filippo, jurist and ambassador, 83;
Filippo, created a Marquess by Urban VIII., 84;
Filippo, travels with Prince Cosimo de’ Medici, his account of places visited, 85;
Giovanni, lover of the Empress of Constantinople, 82;
Lorenzo, elected Pope as Clement XII., 85;
Matteo, family historian, 82, 83;
makes large fortune in London, 83;
author of the Rosaio della Vita, 83;
Neri, 82;
Neri, made a Cardinal by Clement XII., rules the Papal States under four popes, 86;
Neri, advocates the independence of Tuscany at Congress of Vienna, Minister of the Interior, a free trader, 87;
Neri, Governor of Leghorn, 87;
Pietro, Bishop of Florence, 82;
Piero, builder of the first fortifications of Leghorn, 84;
Tommaso, eminent as a jurist, honesty of, death of, 82;
Tommaso, Prince, flies to Sicily, created a Senator and a Count by Napoleon I., Senator of Rome, 86;
Tommaso, Prince, popularity of, 87.
Covoni, Count, 47, 51;
Pierfilippo, Count, 61.
Cronaco II., architect of the Palazzo Guadagni, 123, 174;
courtyard and cornice of the Palazzo Strozzi built by, 330–331;
the great Hall of Council in the Palazzo Vecchio
built by, 374–375.
Cybo, Donna Veronica, 62;
hires assassins to murder Caterina Canacci, 63;
sends head of Caterina Canacci to the Duke Jacopo Salviati, 64.
Dati, Goro, description by, of the race for the Palio, 21–22.
Davanzati, palace of the, 87–88;
Bernardo, translator of Tacitus, 88;
member of Florentine Academy, 91;
Lasca’s poem about, 91;
Francesco Rondinelli’s description of, 91–92;
Giuliano, knighted by Eugenius IV., 88;
Niccolò, founder of the convent of Doccia, 88.
Dei, Benedetto, ambassador to Constantinople, 124;
Rinieri, builds the Palazzo Guadagni, 123;
Palazzo Cocchi built for the, 77.
Della Casa, Giovanni, Bishop of Benevento, author of Galateo, 160.
Donatello, 143–144.
Donati, palaces and towers of the, 92;
Corso, 76;
forces his sister Piccarda to leave her convent and marry, 95;
repulse of the Cerchi by, 95;
banishment of, 96;
Machiavelli’s account of, 96–98;
Dino Compagni’s description of, 98.
Dosio, Giovanni, probably added to the Palazzo Bouturlin, 53;
architect of Palazzo Lardarel, 134.
Evelyn, John, 47;
on the Palazzo Pitti and its garden, 197.
Fabriczy, Herr von, on Brunelleschi, 186–187, 341, 342.
Falconieri, Paolo, architect of the Palazzo Piccolellis, 180;
of the Palazzo Pucci, 234.
Ferdinando III. (of Lorraine), Grand Duke, 87, 201;
is deposed, 202;
is reinstated, 206.
Feroni, origin of the, 98;
palaces of the, 99.
Fioravanti, Neri di, rebuilds the Palazzo del Podestà, 213–214, 217.
Fiorentino, Niccolò, medals by, 79.
Firenzuola, Simone di, 115.
Firidolfi, Ricasoli, account of the, 100;
chapel in the palace painted by Vasari, 99.
Fontana, Carlo, architect of Palazzo Capponi, 70;
of Palazzo Panciatichi, 160.
Fossi, Palazzo, originally Alberti, 105;
frescoed by Stalf, 105.
Frescobaldi, Dino, saves the first seven cantos of the Inferno, 107;
Lamberto, builds the first bridge of Sta. Trinita, 106;
palaces and towers of the, 105, 106;
revolt of the, 106.
Frey, Dr. Carl, on the Loggia de’ Lanzi, 362–363.
Geymüller, Herr von, 342.
Giacomini, The, 133;
Palazzo Larderel built by, 134.
Gianfigliazzi, origin of the, 109;
palaces of the, 108.
Gibbon, Edward, on Cosimo de’ Medici, 246.
Ginori, Bartolommeo, chosen as a model by Giovan Bologna, 111;
Carlo, Senator, founder of the china manufactory, 111;
Federigo, medal made by Benvenuto Cellini for, 110.
Ginori, Conti, Prince, his palace the “old house” of the Medici, 112–113.
Ginori, Venturi, Marquess, palace of, built by Bernardo Rucellai, 113.
Giugni, Vincenzio, 115, 116.
Giuliano da Majano, finishes the Palazzo Pazzi, 167;
rebuilds the Sala de’ Dugento, 371.
Gondi, Alberto, created Duc de Retz, 119;
Giovanbattista, becomes a naturalized French subject, 119;
Giuliano, builds the Palazzo Gondi, 119;
Jean François Paul, Cardinal de Retz, 120.
Grazzini (Lasca), poem by, 91.
Griffoni, Ugolino, 122.
Grosso, Niccolò (Caparra), 9, 123, 331.
Guadagni, Alessandro, builds the Palazzo in the Piazza del Duomo, 128;
Bernardo, Gonfalonier of Justice bribed by Cosimo de’ Medici, 127;
Pierantonio, founds the gallery, 128;
Tommaso, builds the San Clemente Palace, 128.
Guicciardini, Francesco, avarice of, 130;
account of by Pitti, 131;
character of by Varchi, 132;
cruelty of, 131, 168.
Heywood, William, description of the game of Calcio by, 33–34.
Incontri, The, 180.
Landi, Michele di, created Gonfalonier of Justice, 365.
Landucci, Luca, diary of, 78, 79;
on the building of the Palazzo Strozzi, 327.
Leopoldo I. (of Austria), proclaimed Grand Duke of Tuscany, 201;
Leopoldo II., Grand Duke, makes great alterations in the Pitti Palace, 207;
is deposed, 207.
Lapi, Agostino, on the building of the Pitti Palace, 188.
Lippi, Filippo, contract with Filippo Strozzi, 323.
Lodovico I. (of Bourbon), created King of Etruria by Napoleon I., 202, 203;
death of, 204.
Machiavelli, Niccolò, on Benedetto Alberti, 11;
death of Niccolò da Uzzano a calamity for Florence, 18;
meeting of Eugenius IV. and Rinaldo degl’Albizzi, 19, 20, 59;
rivalry of the Cerchi and the Donati, 95, 96;
Corso Donati described by, 96, 97, 98;
on Luca Pitti, 185, 186;
on Cosimo de’ Medici, 241, 243, 249;
on the murder of Giuliano de’ Medici, 251, 252;
on Niccolò and Tommaso Soderini, 305, 306;
on Piero Soderini, 307, 321, 365, 366.
Manelli, The, different names of, 137;
refuse to allow the corridor connecting the Palazzo Pitti and the Palazzo Vecchio to pass through their house, 142;
Amaretto, 138;
Francesco, Boccaccio’s friend, makes a copy of the Decameron, 138–139;
Raimondo takes Spinola prisoner, 141.
Mann, Sir Horace, on Lady Orford’s Cicisbeo, 154;
on the Count of Albany, on Marshal Botta, 199–200.
Martelli, Camilla, wife of Cosimo I., her death, 144;
Lodovico, a poet, 143;
Lodovico, duel of with G. Bandini, 143, 144;
Ruberto, patron and friend of Donatello, 143.
Medici, Alessandro de’, 25, 36, 60, 72, 74, 81, 84, 109, 111, 112, 129, 131;
attempted murder of, 172, 237, 259, 260;
created Duke, 261, 262;
murder of, 263, 265, 266, 293, 335, 336, 351, 357, 382, 383, 384;
Bernardetto de’, 351;
Carlo de’, Cardinal, 61;
Clarice de’, 259;
turns Ippolito and Alessandro out of Palazzo Medici, 260, 333;
Cosimo de’ (the elder), 18, 19, 26, 71, 74, 113, 144, 146, 156, 185, 186, 220, 234, 237;
builds the Medici palace, 241, 242;
character of, 241;
banishment and return of, 245;
death of, 247;
Gibbon on, 246;
patron of artists and men of letters, 246;
imprisoned in the Alberghettino, 366, 369;
Cosimo I., Grand Duke, 23, 30, 36, 60, 69, 84, 102, 114, 116, 122, 124, 128, 131, 135, 141, 142, 156, 162, 187, 232, 237;
succeeds to the Duke Alessandro, 266;
proclamation and marriage of, 267, 336, 337, 338, 339, 340, 349, 350, 378, 384, 388;
Cosimo II., Grand Duke, lengthens the Palazzo Pitti, 195, 196;
marriage of, 389, 390;
Cosimo III., Grand Duke, 48, 61;
tour through Europe as Prince, 85, 86, 99;
rupture between him and his wife, 197–199, 390;
Ferdinando I., Grand Duke, 121, 181;
marriage festivities of, 191–193, 194, 237, 388, 389;
Ferdinando II., Grand Duke, 48, 85, 113, 195;
picture gallery begun by in the Palazzo Pitti, 196, 345, 397;
Francesco I., Grand Duke, 23, 42, 60, 61, 114, 189, 191, 386;
Giovanni de’, description of by Machiavelli, 238–241;
Giovanni de’ (delle Bande Nere), 160, 294;
Giovanni de’ (Leo X.), 163;
is made a Cardinal, 252, 256;
is elected Pope, 257;
death of, 258, 332;
Giovan Carlo de’, Cardinal, 84, 114;
Giovan Gastone, Grand Duke, 199, 291;
Giuliano de’, 35;
murder of, 171, 251, 293, 306, 379, 380;
Giuliano de’ (Duke of Nemours), 255, 256;
marriage and death of, 257;
statue of, 258;
Giulio de’ (Clement VII.), 24, 59, 114, 130, 222, 231, 237, 256;
created Cardinal, 257;
elected Pope, 260, 261, 333;
Ippolito de’, Cardinal, 72, 81, 259, 260;
character of by Varchi, 261;
dies of poison, 262;
Isabella de’, 189;
Lorenzo de’ (the Magnificent), 25, 26;
his entry into the lists described by L. Pulci, 35, 51, 71, 78;
deference of to his mother, 80, 107, 108, 168;
attempted murder of, 171, 251, 244, 248;
marriage of and election to rule the State, 249;
Niccolò Valori’s description of, 250;
death of, 252, 270, 283, 287, 293, 306, 322, 324, 325, 326, 343;
Lorenzo de’ (Duke of Urbino), 60, 101, 256;
Lorenzino de’, house of, 112, 113;
description of, 262;
murders Duke Alessandro, 263–265;
Lucrezia de’, 79;
poetic gifts of, 80;
Lucrezia de’ (daughter of Cosimo I.), 188;
Maria de’, marriage of, to Henri IV., 193, 194;
Nannina de’, marriage of, 287, 288, 290;
Ottaviano de’, house of, 60;
administers the family property, 60;
Piero de’ (son of Cosimo the Elder), 71, 78, 79, 108, 174, 186, 244, 247;
answer by to Acciaiuoli, 248;
death of, 249;
Piero de’ (son of Lorenzo), marriage of, 252;
cedes Sarzana, etc., to Charles VIII., 253;
is expelled, 254;
is drowned, 255, 377;
Raffaello de’, 53;
Salvestro de’, 238, 364.
Michelozzi, Michelozzo, architect of the Palazzo Riccardi, 241–242, 243;
Palazzo dello Strozzino attributed to, 342;
restores the Palazzo Vecchio, 367–369.
Monaldi, Piero, manuscript history of the Cerchi by, 75;
manuscript family history of, 145;
manuscript history of the Vecchietti by, 352.
Montaigne, Michel de’, on the Palazzo Pitti, 190.
Montalvo, Antonio Ramirez di, 146;
Leonora di, foundress of the convent of Le Quiete, 149–150.
Mozzi, The, 151;
Cavaliere, Sir Horace Mann on the, 154.
Murat, Joachim, proclaims the King of Etruria, 203.
Nardi, Jacopo, 59, 133, 231;
letter on the tumult in the Palazzo Vecchio, 381–382.
Nelli, G. B., architect of the Palazzo Viviani, 397.
Nerli, The, Dante on, 155;
join the Paterines, 156;
Tanay, adversary of Savonarola, 156.
Nero, Tommaso del, architect of the Palazzo Torrigiani, 345.
Nigetti, Matteo, rebuilds the Palazzo de’ Bardi, 39;
one of the architects of the Palazzo Nonfinito, 159.
Orcagna, Andrea, reputed architect of the Loggia de’ Lanzi, 362–363.
Palmieri, Matteo, on Niccola Acciaiuoli, 3–4.
Panciatichi, Bandino, Cardinal, 160;
history of the, 161;
Niccolò, marries the heiress of the Ximenes d’Aragona, 162.
Pandolfini, Agnolo, 14;
Gianozzo, Bishop of Troja, builds the Palazzo Pandolfini, 163.
Paoletti, G., bastion of the Pitti palace and the Palazzina della Meridiana built by, 201.
Parigi, Alfonso, lengthens the Palazzo Pitti and restores the façade to the perpendicular, 195–196.
Parigi, Giulio, architect of the Palazzo dell’Antella, 32;
loggia of the Tessitori de’ Drappi attributed to, 60;
adds to the Palazzo Pitti, 195.
Passerini, Count Luigi, quoted, 17, 28, 36, 48, 102, 124, 161, 174, 212, 213, 215, 275.
Pazzi, Andrea, builds the Palazzo Pazzi, 167;
Francesco, conspires with Sixtus IV. against the Medici, 168;
kills Giuliano de’ Medici, 171;
is hanged, 172;
Jacopo, incites the people to revolt, 171;
is executed, 172;
Giovanni, founds the Società Colombaia, 397.
Peruzzi, account of the, 175;
Arco de’, frescoed by Paolo Ucello, 176;
Baldassare, architect and painter, 180;
houses of the, assigned to distinguished guests, 179;
Ridolfo, banished, 179;
ruin of the, 176;
Ubaldino, 180.
Pisani, Andrea, enlarges the Palazzo Vecchio, 359.
Pitti, Buonaccorso, chronicle of, 182;
Luca, begins the Palazzo Pitti, 185;
conspires against Piero de’ Medici, 186;
Eleonora di Toledo buys the Palazzo Pitti, 187;
marriages of Cosimo I.’s daughters in, 188–189;
Montaigne’s description of, 190;
entertainment in courtyard of for marriage of Ferdinando I., 191–193;
ceremonies for the marriage of Maria de’ Medici in, 194;
Giulio and Alfonzo Parigi add to, 195–196;
beginning of gallery in, 196;
description of by Evelyn, 196–197;
Marguerite Louise of Orleans and her cook in, 197–199;
Marshal Botta’s work in, described by Sir H. Mann, 199–201;
loggiata of begun by Ruggieri, 201;
Ferdinando III. expelled from, 202;
King and Queen of Etruria in, 204;
Elisa Bonaparte in, 205–206;
picture gallery of, added to by Ferdinando III., 207;
Leopoldo II. leaves the, 207.
Podestà, Palazzo del (Bargello), building of, 208;
burnings of the, 211, 213;
frescoes in chapel of, 214–216;
malefactors painted on, 216–217, 220–221, 252;
Pagolo Boscoli’s last night, by Luca della Robbia, 222–231;
inside of ruined when given up to the Bargello, 252–253;
uncovering Dante’s portrait in, 233.
Poliziano, Agnolo, 35, 80.
Pucci, The, 234–235.
Pulci, Luca, entry of Lorenzo de’ Medici into the lists described by, 35, 80.
Quaratesi, Marquess Niccolò, buys the Palazzo Pazzi, 174.
Rastrelli, Abbate Modesto, on the murder of the Duke Alessandro, 263–265;
how the Gonfaloniers and Priors lived in the palace, 357.
Ricasoli, Alberto, 100;
Antonio, takes S. Leo, 101;
Bettino, Baron, 102;
speech of in the Palazzo Vecchio, 394;
Rinieri, builds the palace on the Lung’Arno, 101.
Riccardi, Palazzo, built by Cosimo de’ Medici, 241–243;
chapel of, 243–245;
Lorenzo de’ Medici accepts the position of ruler in, 249;
Sforza visits Lorenzo in, 250;
Pier Capponi and Charles VIII. in, 254;
Savonarola visits Charles VIII. in, 255;
the Medici return to, 256;
Leo X. in, 257;
Cardinal Giulio de’ Medici closes the loggia of, 258;
Ippolito de’ Medici and Cardinal Passerini in, 259;
Clarice degl’ Strozzi turns the Cardinal, Ippolito and Alessandro de’ Medici out of, 260;
festivals in for Charles V. and Margaret of Austria, 262;
meeting of the Forty-eight in after the murder of the Duke Alessandro, 266;
sale of to the Riccardi, 257;
added to by the Riccardi, 267–268;
let to the French Government, 268–269.
Ridolfi, The, 270;
hospital of the, 272.
Ristori Taddeo di, probably one of the architects of the Loggia de’ Lanzi, 363.
Rondinelli, The, 272;
Antonio, love story of, 273–275;
Francesco, description of Bernardo Davanzati by, 91–92.
Rossi, Tribaldo de’, his description of the laying of the first stone of the Palazzo Strozzi, 226–227, 328;
of the giraffe sent to Lorenzo de’ Medici, 343–344.
Rucellai, The, 275;
Bernardo, marriage of with Nannina de’ Medici, 287;
builds the palace in the Oricellari gardens, 113;
Giovanni, marries Jacopa degl’ Strozzi, 279–280;
builds the Palazzo Rucellai, 280;
builds the façade of Sta. Maria Novella, 282;
Il Zibaldone Quaresimale written by, 283–287;
Giovanni, letter of from Avignon, 288–289;
author of Rosmunda, etc., 289–290;
Giovanni, his tessera, 291;
Giulio, suppresses the tribunal of the Inquisition and curbs the power of the clergy, 291–292.
Sacchetti, Franco, Cavalcanti’s game of chess described by, 281–282.
San Clemente, Dukes of, 299, 303.
San Gallo, Bastiano da, continues the Palazzo Pandolfini, 164.
San Gallo, Giovanfrancesco da, architect, under Raphael, of the Palazzo Pandolfini, 161.
San Gallo, Giuliano da, 36;
architect of the Palazzo Gondi, 119;
staircase and fireplace in by, 120, 221;
probable architect of Palazzo Strozzi, 331;
of part of Palazzo dello Strozzino, 342;
architect of Palazzo Ximenes d’Aragona, 398.
Savonarola, advocates building the great hall in the Palazzo Vecchio, 374;
imprisonment, torture and death of, 376.
Segni, Bernardo, 25, 131, 260;
on the death of Luisa Strozzi, 336, 337.
Serristori, The, 304.
Silvani, Pierfrancesco, joint architect of the Palazzo Corsini, 81;
rebuilds the Palazzo Guicciardini, 129;
architect of the Palazzo San Clemente, 297;
enlarges the Palazzo Ximenes d’Aragona, 398.
Sisto da Firenze, Fra, joint architect with Fra Ristoro da Campi of the Palazzo del Podestà, 208.
Soderini, Niccolò, popularity of, 305;
Tommaso, one of the chief citizens of Florence, 305–306;
Piero, cowardice of, 306;
Machiavelli’s lines on, 307.
Spini, The, 307;
Geri, ability and riches of, 308;
Boccaccio’s story about, 308–313;
Piero, Dino Compagni on, 313;
Doffo, leader of the “Compagnacci” against Savonarola, 314;
north façade of the palace rebuilt, 315.
Strozzi, Progenitor of the, 316;
murder of Ercole, 319;
Ciriaco, works by, 319;
Palla, great collector of books, 320–321;
Alessandra, the letters of, 321;
Filippo, account of, 322;
marriages of, 323;
builds the great palace, 324–328;
his account of the murder of Giuliano de’ Medici, 372–374;
death of, 328;
Vasari attributes the design of the palace to Benedetto da Majano, 329–331;
Filippo the younger marries Clarice de’ Medici, 332;
sent as a hostage to Spain, 333;
advises the Cardinal Passerini, Ippolito and Alessandro de’ Medici to leave Florence, 334;
his daughter Luisa insulted, 335;
her death, 336;
taken prisoner and tortured, 336;
various accounts of his death, 337;
epitaphs of, 337–338;
description of, 338–339;
Piero, enters the service of France, 339;
Leone, Prior of Capua, 335, 336;
becomes a French Admiral, plans fortifications in Malta, 340;
Agnolo, builds the Palazzo dello Strozzino, 341;
Palla Novello, buys the houses of the Gondi, 341.
Stufa, Lotteringo Della, one of the founders of the Servite Order, 342;
Luigi, 343;
rhyme about, 344.
Symonds, J. A., on the Trattato della Famiglia, 14;
on Leon Battista Alberti, 15–16, 130, 132, 246;
on the poem of Ginevra degl’ Amieri, 274–275;
on Bernardo Rucellai, 290;
on Palla degl’ Strozzi, 320–321.
Tasso, Torquato, lines to Bianca Cappello, 188.
Torrigiani, Luigi, Cardinal, last of his family, 346;
Pietro Guadagni, inherits name and fortune of the, 346.
Uguccione, Giovanni, builds palace, 349;
design of palace stolen, 350.
Valori, Filippo, 25, 26;
Bacio, 25, 26;
decorates his house, 27;
Niccolò, 26, 35, 80;
Francesco, 73.
Varchi, Benedetto, 9, 24;
on Bacio Valori, 25, 59, 72, 131, 144;
attempted murder of the Duke Alessandro, 172, 259;
on Ippolito de’ Medici, 261, 262;
state of things in Florence after the murder of the Duke Alessandro, 265–266, 333, 334;
on Luisa degl’ Strozzi, 335;
on Luigi della Stufa, 344.
Vasari, Giorgio, 3, 30;
on the Bartolini Salimbeni Palace, 43–44, 53, 76, 78;
chapel in the Ricasoli Firidolfi Palace painted by, 99, 113, 114, 132, 142, 143, 159, 163;
on Paolo Uccello, 176, 180, 187, 208;
on the Palazzo del Podestà, 213–214, 252;
on the Palazzo Strozzi, 329–331, 355, 356;
on Michelozzi’s work in the Palazzo Vecchio, 367–369, 374, 379;
work of, in the Palazzo Vecchio, 385–387.
Vecchietti, account of the, 352.
Vecchio, Palazzo, building of, 355–356;
life of the Gonfaloniere and Priori in, 357;
ringhiera of, 357–358;
added to by the Duke of Athens, 358–359;
Duke of Athens expelled from, 360;
lions of, 361;
Simoncino tortured in, 364;
Michele di Lando created Gonfalonier in, 365;
Cosimo de’ Medici imprisoned in, 366;
Michelozzi restores the, 366–369;
Neri de’ Bicci paints tabernacle in, 369;
Baldaccio d’Anghieri murdered in, 369–370;
Sala de’ Dugento rebuilt in, 371;
Archbishop of Pisa and nobles hung from the windows of, 271–274;
great Hall of Council built in, 374–375;
Savonarola imprisoned in, 375–376;
Michelangelo’s David at door of, 376–377;
Bandinelli’s Hercules, description of, by Benvenuto Cellini, 378–379;
Leonardo da Vinci’s fresco in, 379;
destruction of the woodwork in the great Hall of, 380;
tumult in, 381–382;
Niccolò Capponi proclaims Jesus Christ King of Florence in, 382–383;
Duke Alessandro proclaimed in, 383–384;
Cosimo I. takes up his abode in, 384–385;
Vasari’s work in, 385–387;
Buontalenti adds the eastern façade to, 389;
marriage feasts in, 389–390;
Del Rosso’s work in, 392;
Baron Ricasoli’s speech in, 394;
the Hall of the Five Hundred becomes the House of Parliament, 394–395.
Velluti, The, 299;
Donato, chronicle of, 300;
Paolo, chronicle of, 301–303.
Vespucci, Amerigo, 181.
Vettori, Maddalena, love story of, 135–136.
Victor Emanuel I., King, 207, 395.
Villani, Giovanni, the rising of the people against the nobles described by, 40–42;
Cronica of, 52, 55, 76;
on Pope Gregory X. in Florence, 152, 179, 211, 213, 355;
fortifications of the Palazzo Vecchio by the Duke of Athens described by, 358–359;
Filippo, 52;
on Dante’s portrait in the Palazzo del Podestà, 214–215;
Matteo, 52;
on the granite lions of the Palazzo Vecchio, 361, 362.
Viviani, Vincenzio, friend of Galileo, 397;
entertains Milton, 398.
Zenobius, S., miracle of, 31.

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