Grand duke Francesco I de’ Medici consequently established a workshop in 1575 dedicated to reproducing the elusive material: the Medici Porcelain Manufactory. “They tried to reverse-engineer ...

32.4 x 22 cm. (12.8 x 8.7 in.) Large paper copy, enriched with two full-page engraved portraits of Cosimo de’ Medici and Francesco de’ Medici. Median folio (324 x 220 mm). Italic and roman type, 34 ...

The House of Medici came to prominence in Italy in the fifteenth century as a result of the wealth they had built up through banking. With the rise of Cosimo de' Medici, they became Florence's ...