Giuliano de' Medici, Duke of Nemours
"All writers agree as to his [Giuliano's] admirable character. He had a generous and sympathetic nature and conciliatory manners, was opposed to bloodshed and violence, was highly accomplished, and a great lover of Literature and Arts. At the courts of Urbino and Mantua, and wherever else he had wandered during the years of exile, the young Giuliano de' Medici had been a favourite at all social gatherings..." (in: G. F. Young, The Medici, Vol. 1, London 1930, p. 390)
Giuliano de' Medici, the future Duke of Nemours, as a young boy
A contemporary of the parents of Giuliano, a certain Matteo Franco, described the scene, when he met with Clarice Orsini her sons Piero, Giovanni and Giuliano and her nephew Giulio "riding pillion, with their attendants. The moment they saw their mother, the boys jumped down and all ran and flung their arms round her 'with such joy and kisses and pleasure that I could not describe it in a hundred letters' ... 'Dear little Giuliano asked with a long O,O,O, 'Where is Lorenzo?' and when they told him that he had gone to Poggio, he nearly cried. Piero, who has become the handsomest boy, the most graceful thing you ever saw, has the features of an angel; his hair is rather long so that it stands out a little, which suits him. Giuliano is pink and fresh as a rose, smooth and shining and clear as a mirror, happy, and with those thoughtful eyes of his. Messer Giovanni also looks well, not much colour, but healthy and natural, while Giulio has a brown and healthy skin.'" (in: Lacy Collison-Morley: The early Medici. London 1935, pp. 168-169)
Giuliano de' Medici, Duke of Nemours
Giuliano de' Medici, Duke of Nemours