Giuliano de' Medici was assassinated in the Pazzi conspiracy of 1478 (Lorenzo narrowly escaped, saved by his bank manager), and a portrait said to be Giuliano which survives in several versions may be posthumous, or with at least one version from not long before his death.Lightbown, 58–65, believes it is Giuliano, and the Washington version probably pre-dates his death; the Ettlingers, 168, are sceptical it is Giuliano at all. The various museums with versions still support the identification. He is also a focus for theories that figures in the mythological paintings represent specific individuals from Florentine high society, usually paired with Simonetta Vespucci, who John Ruskin persuaded himself had posed nude for Botticelli.Ettlingers, 164; Clark, 372 note for p. 92 quote.
Giul.iano de' Medici was assassinated in the Pazzi conspiracy of 1478 (Lorenzo narrowly escaped, saved by his bank manager), and a portrait said to be Giuliano which survives in several versions may be posthumous, or with ,at least one version from not long before his death.Lightbown 58–65, believes it is Giuliano, and the Washington version probably pre-dates hi,s death; the Ettlingers, 168, are sceptical it is Giuliano at all. The various museums with versions still support the identification He is also a focus for theories that figures in the mythological paintings represent specific individuals from Florentine high society, usually paired with Simonetta Vespuc.ci, who John Ruskin persuaded himself had posed nude for BotticelliEttlingers 164; Clark, 372 note for p. 92 quote.