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title: Lorenzo de' Medici's Exotic Gifts
author: Giorgio Vasari
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/21041/lorenzo-de-medicis-exotic-gifts/
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updated: 2025-10-04
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# Lorenzo de' Medici's Exotic Gifts
_Authored by Giorgio Vasari_
## Image File
[](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/21041.jpg)
## Image Caption
*Lorenzo the Magnificent Receives the Tribute of the Ambassadors*, [fresco](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/Fresco/) painting by Giorgio Vasari, c. 1556-1558.
This fresco shows a crowd of ambassadors giving gifts to Lorenzo de' Medici, the Magnificent, as he sits on a raised throne. Envoys from Italian nations, such as Naples, Milan, and Bologna, lay riches before Lorenzo; in addition, emissaries from faraway lands like [Egypt](https://www.worldhistory.org/egypt/) are also present, as shown by the parrot, camels, and giraffe. The Medici's reputation as a powerful banking family was well known in the late 15th and early 16th centuries, and they were treated as members of the landed aristocracy despite their origins in commerce and finance.
Palazzo Vecchio Museum, Florence.
## Cite This Work
### APA
Vasari, G. (2025, September 25). Lorenzo de' Medici's Exotic Gifts. *World History Encyclopedia*.
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Vasari, Giorgio. "Lorenzo de' Medici's Exotic Gifts." *World History Encyclopedia*, September 25, 2025. .
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## License & Copyright
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