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22-541: In 1592, Alessandro Strozzi commissioned construction at the site on lands that had originally belonged, among others, to the Pazzi family . This palace is separated by an alley from the Renaissance -style Palazzo Pazzi . The architect Bernardo Buontalenti and his pupil Matteo Nigetti worked on the ground floor (1592-1600), which is characterized by Mannerist touches in the window cartouches and brackets, as well as

44-703: A Marshal of France in 1554. He took part in the French siege of Calais (1557), and died of wounds incurred in battle at Thionville , in Lorraine , in 1558. A younger son Leone (1515–1554) was a distinguished admiral in the service of France and fought against the Medici . He died of a wound received while attacking Sarlino in 1554. Another son, Lorenzo Strozzi (1513–1571) went into the Church, also in France, and ended as

66-634: A cardinal and Archbishop of Siena from 1565. The son of Piero, Filippo di Piero Strozzi (1541–1582) was born in exile in France and served as a royal page and then in the French army , before being captured and killed by the Spaniards at the Battle of Terceira . It is unclear whether Bernardo Strozzi (c.1581–1644), a prominent and prolific Italian Baroque painter born and active mainly in Genoa and Venice,

88-675: A member of the Medici family, he was vehemently opposed to the hegemony the Medicis had acquired as the unofficial rulers of the Florentine republic and was among the leaders of the uprising of 1527. Michelangelo 's Doni Tondo probably was commissioned by Agnolo Doni to commemorate his marriage to Maddalena Strozzi. After the republic was overthrown in 1530 Alessandro de' Medici attempted to win Filippo Strozzi's support, but Strozzi declined and instead, retired to Venice . After

110-512: A political statement of his own status. A great number of other buildings were acquired during the 1470s and demolished to provide enough space for the new construction. Giuliano da Sangallo provided a wood model of the design. Filippo Strozzi died in 1491, long before the construction's completion in 1538. Duke Cosimo I de' Medici confiscated it in the same year, not returning it to the Strozzi family until thirty years later. The palace faces

132-689: Is the Tuscan home of the family, operated as a vineyard by Prince Girolamo Strozzi and his family. Palazzo Strozzi Palazzo Strozzi is a palace in Florence , Italy. The construction of the palace was begun in 1489 by Benedetto da Maiano , for Filippo Strozzi the Elder , a rival of the Medici who had returned to the city in November 1466 and desired the most magnificent palace to assert his family's continued prominence and, perhaps more important,

154-675: The Università degli Studi di Firenze . Mantegazza's bust, by Ettore Ximenes is located near the entrance. Nello Puccioni and Aldobrandino Mochi also contributed to the monument. The museum was founded in 1869 by the anthropologist and collector Paolo Mantegazza . The collection includes objects from the Medici inventories, some donated by explorers to the corners of the world. The eclectic items include Inca mummies from Peru; kimono from Japan; skull trophies from New Guinea, and other objects. A collection of objects from India were collected by

176-793: The Italian State. They also owned the Palazzo Strozzi Morosini in Venice, Palazzo Strozzi in Lombardy, Villa Strozzi , Villino Strozzi , Palazzo Strozzi Bevilacqua , Palazzo Strozzi alle Stimmate , Palazzo Nonfinito , Palazzo Strozzi di Mantova , Palazzo Strozzi del Poeta , and Palazzo dello Strozzino . Today, Strozzi descendants are still living in Florence and elsewhere, including in America. The Villa Cusona

198-416: The building are famous. Many of these appointments to the building, such as flagpole and torch stands, hitches, lanterns, and sconces decorate the palace exterior and its corners as well as filling functional needs of the day. The ferro on the building were created by an ironsmith, Niccolo Grosso , known as Il Caparra. The palazzo remained the seat of the Strozzi family until 1937. Great changes were made to

220-764: The building when the Istituto Nazionale delle Assicurazioni occupied Palazzo Strozzi. The palazzo, granted by the Istituto Nazionale delle Assicurazioni to the Italian State in 1999, is now home to the Institute of Humanist Studies and to the Fondazione Palazzo Strozzi . The Gabinetto G.P. Viesseux and the Renaissance Studies Institute have both also occupied the building since 1940. Today the palace

242-640: The family bank, but played an important part in the public life of Florence, and founded the first public library in Florence in the monastery of Santa Trinita, as well as commissioning the important Strozzi Altarpiece of the Adoration of the Magi by Gentile da Fabriano . He played a leading part in forcing the exile of Cosimo de' Medici in 1433, but after Cosimo's pardon a year later, was himself exiled, and never returned. Filippo Strozzi il Vecchio (1428–1491), son of Matteo Strozzi and of Alessandra Macinghi ,

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264-514: The government and ruined the Strozzi both financially and politically. This political and financial competition was the origin of the Strozzi-Medici rivalry. Later, while the Medici ruled Florence, the Strozzi family ruled Siena , which Florence attacked, causing great animosity between the two families. Soon afterward, the Strozzi married into the Medici family, essentially giving the Medici superiority. Palla Strozzi (1372–1462) neglected

286-624: The historical Via de' Tornabuoni . Palazzo Strozzi is an example of civil architecture with its rusticated stone, inspired by the Palazzo Medici , but with more harmonious proportions. Unlike the Medici Palace, which was sited on a corner lot, and thus has only two sides, this building, surrounded on all four sides by streets, is a free-standing structure. This introduced a problem new in Renaissance architecture, which, given

308-585: The murder of Alessandro in 1537, Strozzi assumed leadership of a group of republican exiles with the object of re-entering the city but having been captured and subsequently tortured he committed suicide. Filippo Strozzi's older son Piero (1500–1558), married Laudomia de' Medici, and fought in Scotland against the English, as well as in France against the Holy Roman Empire and Spain, and was made

330-400: The newly felt desire for internal symmetry of planning symmetry: how to integrate the cross-axis. The ground plan of Palazzo Strozzi is rigorously symmetrical on its two axes, with clearly differentiated scales of its principal rooms. The palazzo has mullioned paired windows ( bifore ); the radiating voussoirs of the arches increase in length as they rise to the keystone, a detail that

352-469: The orientalist Angelo De Gubernatis . Strozzi family The House of Strozzi is the name of an ancient (later noble) Florentine family, who like their great rivals the House of Medici , began in banking before moving into politics. Until its exile from Florence in 1434, the Strozzi family was by far the richest in the city, and was rivaled only by the Medici family, who ultimately took control of

374-433: The side portal. The façade has a heraldic shield of the Strozzi family. The recruitment of the artists Santi di Tito to construct the entrance staircase, prompted the other architects to resign the enterprise. The main entrance on Via Proconsolo was built by Giovanni Battista Caccini , with designs by Vincenzo Scamozzi (1600-1612). Ludovico Cardi helped design the courtyard (1604). After Caccini's death, construction

396-524: Was a member of the family. He adopted the composer Barbara Strozzi (1619–1677), who presumably was his natural daughter. The Strozzi acquired by marriage the titles of Princes of Forano and Dukes of Bagnolo. A branch of the family moved to Vienna and built the Palais Strozzi there. The Palazzo Strozzi in Florence belonged to the family until 1937 when it was sold to the Istituto Nazionale delle Assicurazioni (INA). From 1999 it became property of

418-479: Was a part of this immediate family. Senator Carlo Strozzi (1587–1671) formed an important library and collected a valuable miscellany known as the Carte Strozziane, of which the most important part is now in the state archives of Florence. He was the author of a Storietta della città di Firenze dal 1219 al 1292 (unpublished) and a Storia della casa Barberini (Rome, 1640). The poet Giulio Strozzi

440-697: Was continued by Negretti, but the palace remained incomplete and thus garnered its name of nonfinito . The palace became property of the Guasti family, and in 1814, it became property of the Government, and was used for offices of the state. During the brief period Florence was the capital of Italy, it served as the home of the Council of State. In 1919, it was made the house of the Museum of Anthropology and Ethnology, founded by Paolo Mantegazza , and pertaining to

462-562: Was exiled as a young man and became a successful banker in Naples . He was also a condottiero or leader of mercenary soldiers and after his reconciliation with the Medici and return in 1466, began the Palazzo Strozzi , which was finished by his son Filippo II. Filippo II (1488–1538) is probably the most well known member of the family. Although married to Clarice de' Medici , a daughter of Piero di Lorenzo de' Medici and thereby

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484-456: Was much copied for arched windows set in rustication in the Renaissance revival. Its dominating cornice is typical of the Florentine palaces of the time. The palace was left incomplete by Simone del Pollaiolo ( il Cronaca ), who was in charge of the construction of the palace until 1504. Also by Cronaca is the cortile or central courtyard surrounded by an arcade , inspired by Michelozzo . Wrought-iron objects known as ferro that adorn

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