Filippo Strozzi the Elder

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Bust of Filippo Strozzi by Benedetto da Maiano

Filippo Strozzi (born July 4, 1428 in Florence , † May 14, 1491 ibid), called il Vecchio , the elder, was a Florentine merchant from the Strozzi patrician family .

Filippo Strozzi was the son of Matteo Strozzi and Alessandra Macinghi , was banished by the Medici and gained wealth and influence as a merchant and banker in Naples . After his return to Florence in 1489, he commissioned Benedetto da Maiano to build the Palazzo Strozzi , which he did not see to be completed in 1534. Maiano also created Filippo Strozzi's tomb in the Strozzi Chapel of the Santa Maria Novella Basilica , which was completed in 1502.

  • Coat of arms of the Strozzi family

  • Palazzo Strozzi (Florence)

See also

Web links

Commons : House of the Strozzi  - collection of images, videos and audio files

literature

  • Giovanni Battista Niccolini, Filippo Strozzi , Florence, 1847
personal data
SURNAME Strozzi, Filippo the Elder
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Strozzi, Filippo; Strozzi, Filippo il Vecchio
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Merchant
DATE OF BIRTH July 4, 1428
PLACE OF BIRTH Florence
DATE OF DEATH May 14, 1491
Place of death Florence