Answer:
Patron
Step-by-step explanation:
Cosimo de Medici was a banker and politician who established the Medici family as rulers of Florence during the Renaissance. Medici families were merchants and bankers, spend much of their wealth in creating Florence as a centre of art and culture. The Platonic academy became an informal group of scholars patronized by Cosimo de Medici. The Medici family became patron of Filippo Brunelleschi and many other artists.