Cosimo I de’ Medici

(15191574)

Duke of Florence (15371569)

Grand Duke of Tuscany (15691574)

Cosimo I de’ Medici in Art:

Bronzino (1503-1572)
Cosimo I de’ Medici come Orfeo
c.15371539
Philadelphia Museum of ArtPhiladelphia

 

 

Bronzino (1503-1572)
Ritratto di Cosimo I de’ Medici
1537
Hermitage MuseumSaint Petersburg

 

 

Bronzino (1503-1572)
Cosimo I de’ Medici in armatura
c.1545
Art Gallery of New South WalesSydney

 

 

Bronzino (1503-1572)
Ritratto di Cosimo I de’ Medici
c.1560
National GalleryPrague

 

 

Giordano, Luca (1634-1705)
Apoteosi dei Medici
early 1680s
National GalleryLondon

 

 

Works in his collection:

Michelangelo (1475-1564)
Madonna della Scala
c.1490
Casa BuonarrotiFirenze

 

 

Tiziano (c.1488-1576)
Ritratto di Pietro Aretino
1545
Galleria PalatinaPalazzo PittiFirenze

 

 

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 CastelloFirenze (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)