The Medici: Portraits and Politics 1512-1570, 1st Print., 2021, HC, Fine.

Christiansen, Keith, and Carlo Falciani. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2021.

English, First Printing, Fine, HC, 4to, 11 1/4" x 9 1/4", 328 pp.

ISBN: 9781588397300

First Printing, hardcover in green cloth, Near Fine pictorial dust jacket. Very minor wear to dust jacket, now in Mylar. 328 pp. Includes 212 color images. Follows the Italian banking family, the Medici, through the politically transformative years between 1512 and 1570, at which time they became patrons to many Florentine artists. With more than 90 art pieces, this is a wonderful reference to Italian Renaissance art and patronage. A desirable edition of an excellent book.