Differences between Private and public art: Medici Edition

Art History 259 Quinn Hosler Prof. Sara Galletti

Medici Villas

Giusto Utens, Villa Medicea di Castello, c. 1599

Giusto Utens, Villa Medicea di a Poggio a Caiano, c. 1599

Paintings of Power in Villa of Poggio a Caiano

Andrea del Sarto and Alessandro Allori, Tribute to Ceasar. Villa Medicea, Poggio a Caiano (Florence). c. 1520

Franciabigio, The Triumph of Cicero. Villa Medicea, Poggio a Caiano (Florence). c. 1520

Vertumnus and Pomona

Pontormo, Vertamnus and Pomona. Villa Medicea, Poggio a Caiano (Florence). c. 1519-21

Fountains of Villa di Castello

Fountain of Hercules and Antaeus, designed by Niccolò Tribolo from c. 1543; bronze figures by Bartolomeo Ammannati, 1559-60, Villa Medici, Castello.

Fountains of Villa di Castello

Fountain of the Labyrinth, designed by Niccolò Tribolo,c. 1545; bronze figure of Florence by Giambologna, 1572, Villa Petraia (formerly Castello)

Fountains of Villa di Castello

Castello: Medici Villa Int: Villa Castello The Grotto, animal fountain, c. 1540

Botticelli and the Medici

Botticelli, Primavera; Allegory of Spring, c. 1478

Botticelli and the Medici

Botticelli, Birth of Venus, c. 1482

Botticelli and the Medici

Botticelli, Venus and Mars, c. 1483

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Works Cited Botticelli, Sandro. "Primavera." Galleria degli Uffizi, 1478. Fraciabigio, with additions by Alessandro Allori. "Return of Cicero to Rome." Villa medicea (Poggio a Caiano, Italy), 1520 (with additions by Allori in 1578-82). Botticelli, Sandro. "Venus and Mars." Villa di Castello, 1483. Pontormo, Jacopo. "Vertumnus and Pomona." Villa Medici, Poggio a Caiano, 1519-21. Pontormo, Jacopo. "Vertumnus and Ponoma (Detail)." Villa Medici, Poggio a Caiano, 1519-21. Utens, Giusto. "Villa Di Castello.” 1599. Pontormo, Jacopo. "Villa Di Poggio." 1599. Andrea del Sarto, with additions by Alessandro Allori. "Villa Medicea (Poggio a Caiano, Italy)." 1520 (with additions by Allori in 1578-82).