Niccolò da Uzzano (1359 - 1431 in

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) was an Italian politician, the

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in the government of Florence. Florence's

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was built on his behalf in the first half of the fifteenth century (completed in 1426) by Lorenzo di Bicci, 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, a Florentine politician who was openly against the political rise of

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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. In the

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in Florence, there is a polychrome terracotta

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of Niccolò, attributed to

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, dated to around 1432.

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