ABSTRACT
After Guglielmo's death, his only son Francesco was left to handle the inherited noble title of baron of Trentola and Loriano (close to today's Caserta). Because of his young age, it is likely that Francesco's collecting practices were influenced by his tutors Agnolo Guicciardini and Ludovico Serristori. The inventory of the Florentine house in San Felice in Piazza shows distinctly the family's new ambitions. Inspired by the artists employed in the nearby Pitti Palace, Francesco gave commissions to Santi di Tito and Ludovico Cigoli, but he also paid for refined silverware and wood carvings. In the hall of his Arcetri house, Francesco hung on the same wall the portraits of Luigi Del Riccio, Michelangelo Buonarroti, and what may have been a painting inspired by the so-called Furia by Michelangelo, a drawing today at the Uffizi Galleries. Unfortunately, Francesco's assassination in 1595 stopped the process of ennoblement started with his father Guglielmo. Francesco's cousin Luigi di Leonardo will be the next in line, inheriting some of his household belongings.
