Treasures of Florence  : the Medici collection 1400-1700 
/ Edited by Cristina Acidini Luchinat 
 - New York  : Prestel  , 1997 
 - 227 p.  : color illus.  ; 30 cm 
<br/><br/>The treasures of the Medici : from objects of wonder to the organization of knowledge / Cristina Acidini Luchinat -- The formation of the fifteenth-century collection, its dispersion and the return to Florence of the Medici treasures / Mario Scalini -- The Medici collections at the time of Cosimo I and Francesco I / Anna Maria Massinelli -- The Medici collection of gems during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries / Mariarita Casarosa Guadagni -- The Medici collection of gems from the seventeenth century until the end of the dynasty (1743) / Mariarita Casarosa Guadagni -- The symbols of power : dukes and grand dukes / Maria Sframeli -- The grand ducal workshops at the time of Ferdinando I and Cosimo II / Annamaria Giusti -- Curios and exotica in the Medici collections / Mario Scalini -- Private treasures at the time of Ferdinando II / Mario Scalini -- Golden twilight : the reign of Cosimo III / Annamaria Giusti -- The gems of Anna Maria Luisa de' Medici, Electress Palatine / Maria Sframeli. 
<br/><br/><br/>Translated from German to English 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9783791318677 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Medici, House of<br/>Art---Private collections---Italy---Florence<br/>Art objects---Italian
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>REF 708.551 TRE