Spanish presence and patronage in Medici’s Florence in the 16th century

Abstract

This paper aims at analysing the main artistic representations of the Spanish community in Medici’s Florence in the 16th century. For this purpose, it is necessary to start considering the political, social, economic and cultural reality, which surrounded them and allowed the Spaniards to arise as the most powerful “foreign” community of the Renaissance Florence.

Keywords

• florencia
• españa
• médicis
• siglo xvi
• manifestaciones artísticas.