Lorenzo de' Medici
Lorenzo de' Medici (1449–1492), known as Lorenzo il Magnifico, was the de facto leader of Florence and a central patron of the Italian Renaissance. A statesman, banker, and poet, he steered Florentine politics during and after the Pazzi Conspiracy, cultivated a renowned humanist circle around Marsilio Ficino, and supported artists including Botticelli, Leonardo, and the young Michelangelo.
