Chapter XIV: Part 14

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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