Bernardo Buontalenti (Florence, 1531-Florence 1608) was a Florentine stage designer, architect, theatrical designer, military engineer and
Cosimo took his first steps along with his brother Lorenzo. His father, a very well-informed man, wanted his son to study the classics with the
In many European courts there were dwarfs working like clowns, constantly taunted and held up to ridicule. The were often painted in official
