Palla strozzi biography of michael

Palla di Onofrio Strozzi — 8 May was an Italian banker, politician, writer, philosopher and philologist. He was born in Florence into the rich banking family of the Strozzi. Vespasiano, in his Lives of illustrious men of the 15th century described him as rich, handsome, a family man, a scholar, and a great builder and collector. In his sixties, together with Rinaldo degli Albizzi , he became the leader of the opposition against Cosimo de' Medici , the man who practically controlled the political power in Florence.

There was so little doubt that Michael Angelo had been the guest, not of Riccio, but of the Strozzi that he himself, two years before, had sent “The Two Slaves”.

Initially successful, the two secured the imprisonment of Cosimo, forcing him into exile in However, when Cosimo returned, both the Strozzi and Albizzi families were exiled in turn. In , Strozzi moved to Padua , where he started to plan a return to his native city. He was never able to return, though his son did and built a large palace in He died in , leaving his collection to the Abbey of Santa Giustina.

He is said to have bought manuscripts from Greece, and had translated into Italian, for the Almagest by Claudius Ptolemy; the Lives by Plutarch; works by Plato, and the Politics of Aristotle. Contents move to sidebar hide. Article Talk. Read Edit View history.

In June he had a very serious attack of fever, and was nursed by his friend, Luigi del Riccio, at the house of the Strozzi, in Florence.

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