Medici's #4

A formidable armored figure dominates the cover of this fourth volume in the Medici's series — Cosimo I rendered in gleaming plate armor, staff in hand, with Florence's imposing Palazzo della Signoria rising behind him against a brooding sky. Francesco Mucciacito's cover artwork balances regal authority with historical atmosphere, placing the Duke squarely in the grand piazza that defined Medici power. Olivier Peru and Mucciacito's 2021 Dutch-language chronicle, subtitled Van kruimels tot festijn ("From crumbs to feast"), promises a compelling portrait of ambition and dynasty in Renaissance Florence.