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Episode 86: Recluse and Reformer

At the age of 52, Gian Gastone comes to power as the opposite of his uptight, moralistic father in almost every possible way. But even as the Medici family fades, could Tuscany’s future be getting brighter?

Gian Gastone’s official coronation portrait by Franz Ferdinand Richter (1723). Source: Palatine Gallery, Florence.
An anonymous portrait of Gian Gastone receiving visitors in his bed (1736). Source: Uffizi Gallery.
Giuliano Dami, Gian Gastone’s boyfriend/procurer. The portrait is by an unknown artist. Source: Private collection.

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