Английская Википедия:Giovanni di Cosimo de' Medici
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:More citations needed Шаблон:Infobox noble Giovanni di Cosimo de' Medici (3 June 1421Шаблон:Sfn – 23 September 1463) was an Italian banker and patron of arts.
Giovanni was the son of Cosimo de' Medici the Elder and Contessina de' Bardi, and brother to Piero the Gouty.Шаблон:Sfn Unlike the latter, Giovanni enjoyed good health and was seen by Cosimo as his probable successor. From 1438 he directed the branch of the family bank in Ferrara. He received also a humanistic education, showing a major interest in music.
In 1454 Giovanni was elected Prior of Florence and the following year he was a member of the delegation which received Pope Pius II in the city. The following year Cosimo made him general director of the Medici bank, but, unsatisfied because of Giovanni's distraction in arts and other activities, assigned to him Francesco Sassetti as tutor.
Giovanni married Maria Ginevra di Niccolò Alessandri,Шаблон:Sfn daughter of Niccolò Alessandri, in 1452.Шаблон:Sfn This marriage recognized the support that Niccolò had provided to Cosimo during his exile in 1433, and bound the families together.Шаблон:Sfn The couple had one child, a son, Cosimo (Шаблон:Circa – Шаблон:Circa 1459), known as Cosimino (little Cosimo).Шаблон:Sfn Ginevra frequently visited thermal baths for her health.Шаблон:Sfn There she built up a network of influential women who she regularly corresponded with.Шаблон:Sfn Ginevra died after 2 Aug 1478.Шаблон:Sfn
He died in 1463, and was buried in the Sagrestia Vecchia of the Basilica di San Lorenzo. Later a monument was sculpted for him and his brother by Andrea Verrocchio.
Giovanni de' Medici was a famous patron of arts. He had the Villa Medici in Fiesole built by Michelozzo Michelozzi (but probably in collaboration with Giovanni's friend, Leon Battista Alberti). He had a large collection of sculptures, coins, manuscripts, jewels, musical instruments and other material. Artists who worked for him included: Mino da Fiesole, Desiderio da Settignano, Donatello, Domenico Veneziano, Filippo Lippi and Pesellino.
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