Above: the original Medici Palace

The Palazzo Medici (-Riccardi), Florence

On the Palace and Michelozzo: Image Sites

Begun 1444 by Michelozzo for Cosimo de'Medici.

• Photos of the Palazzo Medici-Riccardi Excellent large photos can be even further enlarged with a click.
• A basic history. Nicely done from Stars & Stripes, 1 Nov. 2010.
• On the Palazzo Medici. From the Museums of Florence Web site.
• A collection of exterior details From the Australian National University.
• One photograph of the garden. The Palazzo Medici (-Riccardi) is unique among Florentine Renaissance palaces in preserving its original garden.
• The Procession of the Magi by Benozzo Gozzoli. Painted in 1450/60 in the tiny chapel of the Medici Palace.
• Remember to consider the courtyard also: (right)

On the Medici Palace: primarily text sites

• Some Unknown Descriptions of the Medici Palace of 1459. By Rab Hatfield. The Art Bulletin. Vol. 52, No. 3 (September, 1970): 232-249. Available through JSTOR.
• The First Medici Palace. By Howard Saalman and Philip Mattox. Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians. Vol. 44, No. 4 (December, 1985): 329-345. Available through JSTOR.
• Vasari's Life of Brunelleschi This is (my) Part Three, where Vasari discusses Brunelleschi's projects for Cosimo de'Medici and others.
• Vasari's Life of Michelozzo
• Development of Florentine Palace Architecture From the APT.
• On the Palazzo Medici, with a few photographs.
• On the Medici Villas. From UNESCO.

Early Palaces: Related Sources

• Early Palaces in and around Florence
• At Home in Renaissance Italy. A site from the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.