Zanobi Strozzi: A Florentine Pioneer of Small Paintings Zanobi di Benedetto di Caroccio degli Strozzi (17 November 1412 – 6 December 1468), commonly referred to as Zanobi Strozzi, stands as a significant figure in the Early Renaissance art scene of Florence. Born into a noble Strozzi family grappling with shifting political alliances against the Medici dynasty, his life was marked by both privilege and hardship—orphaned at fifteen aft…