Alessandro de’ Medici, Duke of Florence (b. 1510; 1532–37). Medal by Domenico di Polo de’ Vetr
Alessandro de’ Medici, Duke of Florence (b. 1510; 1532–37). Medal by Domenico di Polo de’ Vetri (ca. 1480–ca. 1547), after 1534. Frick Collection, New York. Alessandro was the first black head of state in Europe since the end of the Roman Empire. -- source link
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