* Strozzi Chapel

Orcagna's works include the " Altarpiece of the Redeemer " ( 1354 – 57 ) in the Strozzi Chapel, Santa Maria Novella and the tabernacle in Orsanmichele ( finished 1359 ) which was regarded as " the most perfect work of its kind in Italian Gothic ".

The stained-glass windows date from the 14th and 15th century, such as 15th century Madonna and Child and St. John and St. Philip ( designed by Filippino Lippi ), both in the Filippo Strozzi Chapel.

The Filippo Strozzi Chapel is situated on the right side of the main altar.

* Filippino Lippi-frescoes in the Strozzi Chapel, depicting the life of Philip the Apostle ; stained glass window

* Benedetto da Maiano-the Tomb of Filippo Strozzi ( 1491 ) at the backside of the Strozzi Chapel.

The second Strozzi Chapel has a Pietà, Leah and Rachel ( 1616 ), copies in bronze by Gregorio De Rossi from originals by Michelangelo.

Also during this period, Michelangelo painted the Holy Family and St John, also known as the Doni Tondo or the Holy Family of the Tribune: it was commissioned for the marriage of Angelo Doni and Maddalena Strozzi and in the 17th century, hung in the room known as the Tribune in the Uffizi.

After Alfonsina's death in 1520, Catherine joined her cousins and was raised by her aunt, Clarice Strozzi.

His cousin and contemporary was the poet Matteo Maria Boiardo, who grew up under the influence of his own uncle, the Florentine patron of the arts and scholar-poet, Tito Vespasiano Strozzi.

His own works, which circulated in manuscript in his lifetime, include brief works on the Procession of the Holy Ghost, and letters to his brothers, to L. Bruni, Guauni, Traversari, and to Pallas Strozzi, as well as two which were eventually printed, his Erotemata Civas Questiones which was the first basic Greek grammar in use in Western Europe, first published in 1484 and widely reprinted, and which enjoyed considerable success not only among his pupils in Florence, but also among later leading humanists, being immediately studied by Thomas Linacre at Oxford and by Desiderius Erasmus at Cambridge ; and Epistolæ tres de comparatione veteris et novæ Romæ ( Three Letters Comparing Ancient and Modern Rome ).

He fought on the galleys of the Order of Malta, and accompanied his great friend, the French commander Filippo di Piero Strozzi ( grandson of Filippo Strozzi the Younger ), in his expedition against Terceira, in which Strozzi was killed ( 1582 ).

Barbara Strozzi ( also called Barbara Valle ; baptised 6 August 1619 – 11 November 1677 ) was an Italian Baroque singer and composer.

Born in Venice, Barbara was adopted and baptized into the Strozzi family.

She was most likely illegitimate, the daughter of Giulio Strozzi and Isabella Garzon, his long-time servant and heir.

In September 1536, he wrote to Filippo Strozzi, his patron, to help him find a Venetian printer willing to print a book of his liturgical music similar to the ones being in printed in Rome by Andrea Antico ; he wanted the sum of 200 scudi for the job, but was unsuccessful.

Boiardo was born at, or near, Scandiano ( today's province of Reggio Emilia ); the son of Giovanni di Feltrino and Lucia Strozzi, he was of noble lineage, ranking as Count of Scandiano, with seignorial power over Arceto, Casalgrande, Gesso, and Torricella.

He was supported by a number of French adventurers under Filippo di Piero Strozzi, a Florentine exile in the service of France, as well as Portuguese patriots, some of whom came to the Azores to assist him directly.

Bernardo Strozzi ( c. 1581 – August 2, 1644 ) was a prominent and prolific Italian Baroque painter born and active mainly in Genoa, and also active in Venice.

Strozzi was born in Genoa.

He was probably not related to the Florentine Strozzi family.

He was son of Court and Grand Marshal Aleksander Ludwik Radziwiłł and Princess Lucricia Marie Strozzi.

The chapel was propbably designed by Michelangelo, but executed by Leone Strozzi ( 1555 – 1632 ).

With his return to Florence, he fought in the defense of the temporarily revived Republic of Florence, during the siege by the Mediceans and imperialists in 1530, and was exiled after the surrender of the city ; he spent time at Padua ( 1537 ), where he was a protégé of the émigré Piero Strozzi and at Bologna ( 1540 ).

* Palla Strozzi ( 1372 – 1462 ) Florentine noble who was a banker, politician, literate, philosopher and philologist

Pollaiolo was responsible for the completion of Strozzi Palace in 1504.

Parentucelli later became a tutor, in Florence, to the families of the Strozzi and Albizzi, where he met the leading humanist scholars.

He and Mr Wolfe then over the following months studied the architecture of Florence where the Palazzo Strozzi greatly impressed him, Vicenza, Venice and Verona together.

* Giulio Strozzi ( editor )-Le glorie della signora Anna Renzi romana ( published in Venice ; a tribute to Anna Renzi, the " first diva ")

The first evidence of a promissory note being issued is that which Ginaldo Giovanni Battista Strozzi issued in Medina del Campo ( Spain ), against the city of Besançon in 1553.

Into this mix, in the 1620s – 30s, three " foreigners "— Fetti and his younger contemporaries Bernardo Strozzi and Jan Lys — breathed the first influences of Roman Baroque style.

His loose brushstrokes seem precursor to rococo styles of Guardi brothers. This final style, along with that of other " foreign " painters residing in Venice, Domenico Fetti and Bernardo Strozzi, represent the first inroads of Baroque style into the republic.

Claudio Monteverdi in 1640 by Bernardo Strozzi

Image: Barbara Strozzi 1. jpg | The Viola da gamba Player (» Gambenspielerin «), by Bernardo Strozzi, c. 1630 – 1640 ( Gemäldegalerie, Dresden ).

* September – Cosimo de ' Medici, later the de facto ruler of Florence and patron of Marsilio Ficino, is exiled by the Albizzi / Strozzi faction.

* September – Cosimo de ' Medici returns to Florence one year, to the day, following his exile by the Alberti and Strozzi faction.

It plays this role in Petrarch's Triumph of Chastity, and on the reverse of Piero della Francesca's portrait of Battista Strozzi, paired with that of her husband Federico da Montefeltro ( painted c 1472-74 ), Bianca's triumphal car is drawn by a pair of unicorns.

Most of his biographers reject or ignore the account of his younger brother and follower, Maurelio ( later fra Mauro ), that in his youth Girolamo had been spurned by a neighbor, Laudomia Strozzi, to whom he proposed marriage.

In 1571 the city of La Rochelle suffered a naval blockade by the French Navy under the command of Filippo di Piero Strozzi and Antoine Escalin des Aimars, a former protagonist of the Franco-Ottoman alliance.

In the 17th century we meet with similar academies ; the " Umoristi " ( 1611 ), the " Fantastici ( 1625 ), and the " Ordinati ", founded by Cardinal Dati and Giulio Strozzi.

Behind the altar is the tomb of Filippo Strozzi with a sculpture by Benedetto da Maiano ( 1491 ).

The frescoes were commissioned by Tommaso Strozzi, an ancestor of Filippo Strozzi, to Nardo di Cione ( 1350 – 1357 ).

" Concert " by Bernardo Strozzi, 1630 / 31, Kadrioru kunstimuuseum.

Claudio Monteverdi in 1640 by Bernardo Strozzi.

The Viola da Gamba Player (» Gambenspielerin «), c. 1630 – 1640, ( Gemäldegalerie, Dresden ) by Bernardo Strozzi, believed to be of Barbara Strozzi.

It is conceivable that Strozzi may have been a courtesan, however, she also may have merely been the target of jealous slander by her male contemporaries.

After Vidman's death it is likely that Strozzi supported herself by means of her savvy investments and by her compositions.

In his urban structures he developed a new improved version of the typical early Renaissance palazzo ( exemplified by the Palazzo Strozzi ).