Grand Duke of Tuscany (1569–1574)
Cosimo I de’ Medici in Art:
Bronzino (1503-1572)
Cosimo I de’ Medici come Orfeo
c.1537–1539
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia
Bronzino (1503-1572)
Ritratto di Cosimo I de’ Medici
1537
Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg
Bronzino (1503-1572)
Cosimo I de’ Medici in armatura
c.1545
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
Bronzino (1503-1572)
Ritratto di Cosimo I de’ Medici
c.1560
National Gallery, Prague
Giordano, Luca (1634-1705)
Apoteosi dei Medici
early 1680s
National Gallery, London
Works in his collection:
Michelangelo (1475-1564)
Madonna della Scala
c.1490
Casa Buonarroti, Firenze
Tiziano (c.1488-1576)
Ritratto di Pietro Aretino
1545
Galleria Palatina, Palazzo Pitti, Firenze
Burial clothes of Cosimo I de’ Medici: Doublet, stockings with codpiece, Cappa Magna cope of the Order of St. Stephen Made in Florence (Pitti Palace)
| Born | June 12 | 1519 | Firenze (Italia) |
| Died | April 21 | 1574 | Villa di Castello, Firenze (Italia) |
| Father | Giovanni dalle Bande Nere (1498-1526) |
| Mother | Maria Salviati (1499-1543) |
| Illegitimate daughter | Bia de’ Medici (c.1537-1542) |
| Wife | Eleonora di Toledo (1522–1562) |
| Father-in-law | Pedro Álvarez de Toledo y Zúñiga (1484-1553) |
| Mother-in-law | María Osorio y Pimentel (1498-1539) |
| Daughter | Maria di Cosimo I de’ Medici (1540-1557) |
| Son | Francesco I de’ Medici (1541-1587) |
| Daughter | Isabella de’ Medici (1542-1576) |
| Son | Giovanni di Cosimo I de’ Medici (1543-1562) |
| Daughter | Lucrezia di Cosimo I de’ Medici (1545-1561) |
| Son | Pedricco de’ Medici (1546-1547) |
| Son | Garzia de’ Medici (1547-1562) |
| Son | Antonio de’ Medici (1548-1548) |
| Son | Ferdinando I de’ Medici (1549-1609) |
| Daughter | Anna de’ Medici (1553-1553) |
| Son | Pietro de’ Medici (1554-1604) |
| Lover | Eleonora degli Albizzi (1543-1634) |
| Son | Don Giovanni de’ Medici (1567-1621) |
| Wife | Camilla Martelli (1545-1590) |
| Daughter | Virginia de’ Medici (1568-1615) |
| Title | Duke of Florence (1537-1569) |
| Title | Grand Duke of Tuscany (1569-1574) |