The Medici family was a powerful and influential family from
Florence, a dynasty of skilled and influential aristocrats with
exceedingly refined tastes that ruled the whole region from its
capital from the 14th to 18th centuries. The family’s members
included three popes (Leo X, Clement VII and Leo XI) numerous
rulers of Florence (notably Lorenzo the Magnificent, patron of
some of the most famous works of Renaissance art) and even great
Queens, (like Catherine de Medici, Queen of France, and Marie de
Medici, another Queen Consort of France.) Among many important
things, the biggest accomplishments of the Medici were in the
sponsorship of art and architecture, mainly during the Early and
High Renaissance. The Medici were to thank for the flourishing
of the majority of Florentine art during their rule. During the
Renaissance, food became the focus of interest as never before:
in such a bountiful area, it grew to be art, research, gustative
and visual elaboration. The Medici family was made up of refined
gourman