Treasures of Florence : the Medici collection 1400-1700 / edited by Cristina Acidini Luchinat ; with contributions by Cristina Acidini Luchinat ... [et al.] ; [translated by Eve Leckey ; edited by Kate Garratt].

Title: 
Treasures of Florence : the Medici collection 1400-1700 / edited by Cristina Acidini Luchinat ; with contributions by Cristina Acidini Luchinat ... [et al.] ; [translated by Eve Leckey ; edited by Kate Garratt].

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Publisher: 
Munich ; New York : Prestel, c1997.
Description: 
227 p. : col. ill. ; 30 cm.
Other Authors: 
Acidini, Cristina.
Garratt, Kate.
Format of Material: 
Books
Subjects: 
Medici, House of Art collections.
Art Private collections Italy Florence.
Art objects, Italian.
Bib ID: 
65277
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Location: 
Stacks
Call Number: 
N5273.2.M43.T78
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Notes: 
German edition published under the title: Die Schatze der Medici; Italian edition published under the title: Tesori dalle collezioni medicee.
Includes bibliographical references.
Rock crystal, pp. 12, 14-15, 32, 42-44, 63-65, 82-83, 126.
Contents: 
The treasures of the Medici : from objects of wonder to the organization of knowledge / Cristina Acidini Luchinat --
The formation of the fifteenth-century collection, its dispersion and the return to Florence of the Medici treasures / Mario Scalini --
The Medici collections at the time of Cosimo I and Francesco I / Anna Maria Massinelli --
The Medici collection of gems during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries / Mariarita Casarosa Guadagni --
The Medici collection of gems from the seventeenth century until the end of the dynasty (1743) / Mariarita Casarosa Guadagni --
The symbols of power : dukes and grand dukes / Maria Sframeli --
The grand ducal workshops at the time of Ferdinando I and Cosimo II / Annamaria Giusti --
Curios and exotica in the Medici collections / Mario Scalini --
Private treasures at the time of Ferdinando II / Mario Scalini --
Golden twilight : the reign of Cosimo III / Annamaria Giusti --
The gems of Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici, Electress Palatine / Maria Sframeli.
ISBN: 
3791318675