Niccolò da Uzzano (1359 - 1431 in
Florence
Florence ( ; it, Firenze ) is a city in Central Italy and the capital city of the Tuscany region. It is the most populated city in Tuscany, with 383,083 inhabitants in 2016, and over 1,520,000 in its metropolitan area.Bilancio demografico an ...
) was an Italian politician, the
Gonfaloniere of Justice
Gonfaloniere of Justice () was a post in the government of medieval and early Renaissance Florence. Like Florence's Priori, it was introduced in 1293 when Giano Della Bella's Ordinances of Justice came into force.
He was one of the nine citiz ...
in the government of Florence.
Florence's
Palazzo Capponi alle Rovinate
Palazzo Capponi alle Rovinate is a late-Gothic architecture, Gothic and early Renaissance architecture, Renaissance-style residential palace located on Via de' Bardi in Florence, region of Tuscany, Italy. There are apparently three other palaces o ...
was built on his behalf in the first half of the fifteenth century (completed in 1426) by
Lorenzo di Bicci
Lorenzo di Bicci ( 1350 – 1427) was an Italian painter of the Florentine School considered to be one of the most important painters in Florence during the second half of the 14th century. He is believed to have learned his trade from his fathe ...
, who always carried out Niccolò's wishes, including those for frescoes and a painting for the
Church of Saint Lucia dei Magnoli, which though documented are now lost.
Rinaldo degli Albizzi Rinaldo degli Albizzi (1370–1442) was an Italian nobleman, a member of the Florentine family of the Albizzi. Along with Palla Strozzi, he was the primary opponent of Cosimo de' Medici's rise in Florence.
Albizzi entered public service for the R ...
, a Florentine politician who was openly against the political rise of
Cosimo de' Medici
Cosimo di Giovanni de' Medici (27 September 1389 – 1 August 1464) was an Italian banker and politician who established the Medici family as effective rulers of Florence during much of the Italian Renaissance. His power derived from his wealth ...
the Elder was held in check by Niccolò da Uzzano as long as he lived.
Niccolò's family took its name from the Castle of Uzzano in
Greve in Chianti
Greve in Chianti (the old name was Greve; in 1972 it was renamed Greve in Chianti after the inclusion of that area in the Chianti wine district) is a town and ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Florence, Tuscany, Italy. It is lo ...
.
In the
Bargello Museum
The Bargello, also known as the Palazzo del Bargello, Museo Nazionale del Bargello, or Palazzo del Popolo (Palace of the People), was a former barracks and prison, now an art museum, in Florence, Italy.
Terminology
The word ''bargello'' appears ...
in Florence, there is a polychrome terracotta
bust
Bust commonly refers to:
* A woman's breasts
* Bust (sculpture), of head and shoulders
* An arrest
Bust may also refer to:
Places
*Bust, Bas-Rhin, a city in France
*Lashkargah, Afghanistan, known as Bust historically
Media
* ''Bust'' (magazine ...
of Niccolò, attributed to
Donatello
Donato di Niccolò di Betto Bardi ( – 13 December 1466), better known as Donatello ( ), was a Republic of Florence, Florentine sculptor of the Renaissance period. Born in Republic of Florence, Florence, he studied classical sculpture and use ...
, dated to around 1432.
References
15th-century people of the Republic of Florence
14th-century people of the Republic of Florence
1359 births
1431 deaths
Politicians from Florence
Busts in Italy
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