Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Jonathon Keats is a writer and artist who critiques museum exhibits. When Cosimo I de’ Medici became the second duke of Florence, ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. This is Cosimo de Medici. Specifically, Cosimo the first de Medici. There were quite a few Cosimos so ...

In his 1963 book, 'The Rise and Decline of the Medici Bank,' medieval economic historian Raymond de Roover likens the Medici banking dynasty to today's banking fortresses. And it makes sense. The ...

When it comes to graves, Americans are reverential. We let our sleeping cadavers lie. In Italy, it's quite the opposite. The bones of saints and heroes are routinely disinterred, in the hope that ...

While Lorenzo the Magnificent remains the most well-known member of the Medici family thanks to popular biographies and the Netflix series, Duke Cosimo I was the most successful Medici of them all.

The sweep of Italian history and art history in dazzling portraits from the dynasty’s final hurrah, on view in a sumptuous exhibition at the Met. By Roberta Smith It’s hard to imagine Florence, cradle ...

One of the many new shows to hit Netflix this weekend technically isn’t new at all. Medici: The Magnificent is actually just a follow up season to Medici: Masters of Florence, a lavish Renaissance ...

Medici: The Magnificent takes place 20 years after the first season Medici: Masters of Florence and follows Cosimo de’Medici’s (played by Richard Madden) grandson Lorenzo de’Medici (Daniel Sharman).