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  5. \paperw19995 \margr0\margl0 \plain \fs20 \f1 Painted for Duke Alessandro deÆ Medici, this portrait now hangs in the Tribuna of the Uffizi, along with other pictures of t
  6. he family.  Many such portraits were commissioned from Giorgio Vasari by the rulers of Florence, who intended to strengthen their position by celebrating their most famous forbearers.