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Brewer's: Lorenzo

(in Edward Young's Nights Thoughts). An atheist, whose remorse ends in despair. Lorenzo. The suitor of the fair Jessica, daughter of Shylock the Jew. (Shakespeare: Merchant of Venice.)…

Medici, Lorenzo de', 1492–1519, duke of Urbino

(Encyclopedia) Medici, Lorenzo de', 1492–1519, duke of Urbino (1516–19); son of Piero de' Medici. His uncle, Pope Leo X, made the youthful Lorenzo duke of Urbino. After his early death, however,…

Poliziano, Angelo

(Encyclopedia) Poliziano, AngeloPoliziano, Angeloänˈjālō pōlētsēäˈnō [key], or PolitianPolitianpōlĭshˈən [key], 1454–94, Italian poet, philologist, and humanist. Of middle-class origin, he was given…

Lorenzo di Pietro

(Encyclopedia) Lorenzo di PietroLorenzo di Pietrolōrĕnˈtsō dē [key]Lorenzo di Pietropyāˈtrō [key], c.1412–1480, Sienese painter, sculptor, and goldsmith, called Il Vecchietta. He painted a group of…

Lorenzo de' Medici

(Encyclopedia) Lorenzo de' Medici. For the members of the Medici family thus named, use Medici, Lorenzo de'.

Bartolini, Lorenzo

(Encyclopedia) Bartolini, LorenzoBartolini, Lorenzolōrĕnˈtsō bärtōlēˈnē [key], 1777–1850, Italian neoclassical sculptor, studied in Florence and Paris. His most imposing creation is the Niccolò…