Historical Perspective
Lorenzo’s brother, Giuliano de’ Medici, is murdered in the cathedral of Santa Maria della Fiore
Leonardo da Vinci sketches the executed Bernardo Baroncelli
Recorded date of Lisa di Antonio Gherardini’s birth
Leonardo leaves Florence for Milan
Lorenzo de’ Medici dies
Piero de’ Medici and his brothers are expelled from Florence
Medici brothers eventually settle in Rome
Charles VIII of France and his army enter Florence
Lisa Gherardini marries Francesco del Giocondo
Savonarola’s “bonfire of the vanities”
The infamous “trial by fire”
Savonarola executed
Piero di Lorenzo de’ Medici drowns in the Garigliano River
Giuliano di Lorenzo de’ Medici welcomed home as Florence’s ruler
Giovanni di Lorenzo de’ Medici elected Pope (Leo X)
Leonardo travels to France. King Francis I purchases the
Recommended Reading
Brucker, Gene A.
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1983.
Gatti, Claudio, in association with the
New York: Rizzoli, 2003.
Kent, F. W.
Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press,
2004.
Letze, Otto and Thomas Buchsteiner.
Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz Publishers, 1997.
Martines, Lauro.
