Public and private portraits of Cosimo de' Medici and Eleonora di Toledo : Bronzino's paintings of his ducal patrons in Ottawa and Turin

Author

Cox-Rearick, Janet; Bulgarella, Mary Westerman

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Artibus et historiae. 2004, Num. 49, Vol. 25, 101-159, 230, ill. (some col.)

ISSN

0391-9064

Abstract (en)

A more comprehensive visual study of dimensions, form, and iconographical detail attempts to confirm previous suggestions that Bronzino's Portrait of a Gentleman (early 1550s; Ottawa, National Gallery) and Portrait of a lady (shortly after 1550; Turin, Galleria Sabauda) are pendant portraits of the duke and his wife. Comparison with other portraits of Florentine aristocrats suggests their private (rather than state or otherwise official) nature, and that resemblances between the sitters to Bronzino's other portraits of the ducal couple are extensive. Related workshop production at the court (largely sculptural busts), as well as social implications of personality characterizations (such as Cosimo as connoisseur of antiques), costume, and other attributes, support such comparative analysis.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1400-1800 -- Pictorial arts -- Painting and drawing -- Italy
• Bronzino, Agnolo, 1503-1572
• Italy
• Painting
• 1500-1600
• Identification
• Portraits
• Pendants (companion pieces)
• Portrait of a Lady
• Eleonora di Toledo, granduchessa di Toscana, 1522-1562
• Portrait of a Gentleman
• Medici, Cosimo I de', granduca di Toscana, 1519-1574
• Courts
• Patronage
• Aristocracy
• Firenze (ITA)
• Workshops
• Court art
• Busts
• Sculpture
• Comparison
• Costume
• Attributes
• Detail
• National Gallery of Canada||Ottawa (ON, CAN)
• Galleria Sabauda||Torino (ITA)
• Models (human figures)

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1400-1800 -- Peinture et arts graphiques -- Peinture et dessin -- Italie
• Bronzino, Agnolo, 1503-1572
• Italie
• Peinture
• 1500-1600
• Identification
• Portrait
• Pendants
• Portrait de dame
• Eleonora di Toledo, granduchessa di Toscana, 1522-1562
• Portrait d'un gentilhomme
• Medici, Cosimo I de', granduca di Toscana, 1519-1574
• Cour
• Mécénat
• Aristocratie
• Firenze (ITA)
• Atelier
• Art de cour
• Buste
• Sculpture
• Comparaison
• Costume
• Attribut
• Détail
• Galerie nationale du Canada||Ottawa (ON, CAN)
• Galleria Sabauda||Torino (ITA)
• Modèle (personne)

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier20060701-00024940

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