Cosimo I

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patronage of Renaissance art

association with

Bronzino, Il
- In Il Bronzino
Cellini
- In Benvenuto Cellini: Later years
Giovanni de’ Medici
- In Giovanni de’ Medici
Guicciardini
- In Francesco Guicciardini

role in

Florentine history
- In Florence: From the Medici to unification
growth of Livorno
- In Livorno
Italian history
- In Italy: Political development, 1380–1454
- In Italy: The duchy of Tuscany
Medici dynasty
- In Medici family: The grand dukes of Tuscany

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Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Anniversary information added.		Jun 08, 2024
	Anniversary information added.		Apr 17, 2024
	First paragraph modernization.	Encyclopaedia Britannica	Feb 23, 2024
	Links added.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Aug 03, 2023
	Add new Web site: The Medici Family - Cosimo I de Medici.	Gloria Lotha	May 08, 2020
	Media added.	Amy Tikkanen	Nov 16, 2009
	Article revised and updated.	Charly Rimsa	Sep 06, 2007
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 20, 1998