Cellini, Benvenuto (1500-1571) La nymphe de Fontainebleau (The Nymph of Fontainebleau) 1542–1543 Bronze, 205 x 409 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Commissioned by François I and executed in 1542–1543, in the workshop of the Hôtel de Nesle in Paris, with the assistance…
Cellini, Benvenuto (1500-1571) Saliera (Salt Cellar) 1540–1543 Gold, enamel, ebony, ivory, 28.5 × 21.5 × 26.3 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna The only extant work in gold by this Florentine artist already famous during his lifetime, Cellini’s masterpiece is far more than a…
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Incoronazione di spine (The Crowning with Thorns) 1540–1543 Oil on panel, 303 x 180 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris Painted between 1540 and 1543 for the Confraternità di Santa Corona and placed in the funerary chapel of the brotherhood (decorated…
Tintoretto, Jacopo (1518-1594) La cena di Emmaus (The Supper at Emmaus) c.1542 Oil on canvas, 156 x 212 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) San Giovanni Battista (Saint John the Baptist) c.1540–1542 Oil on canvas, 201 x 119 cm Gallerie dell’Accademia, Venezia
(1542–1587) Mary Stuart or Mary Stewart Mary, Queen of Scots Queen of Scotland (1542–1567) Queen consort of France (1559–1560) Mary Stuart in Literature: • Dumas, Alexandre (1802-1870): Mary Stuart (English) Mary Stuart in Film: Mary, Queen of Scots 1971 Director: Charles Jarrott Starring: Vanessa…
Bronzino (1503-1572) Ritratto di Bia de’ Medici (Portrait of Bia de’ Medici) c.1542–1545 Oil on panel, 63.3 x 48 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze In the late 19th century, this painting was already identified as a portrait of the “natural…
Holbein, Hans the Younger (c.1497-1543) Self-Portrait 1542–1543 Coloured chalk, pen and gold on paper, 32 x 26 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze
(1542–1576) Isabella de’ Cosimo I de Medici Isabella Romola de’ Medici Isabella de’ Medici Orsini Duchessa di Bracciano Principessa di Toscana Isabella de’ Medici in Art: Bronzino (1503-1572) Isabella de’ Medici 1552–1553 Nationalmuseum, Stockholm Allori, Alessandro (1535-1607) Isabella de’ Medici…
(c.1537–1542) Bianca de’ Medici Bia de’ Medici in Art: Bronzino (1503-1572) Ritratto di Bia de’ Medici c.1542–1545 Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze Born c.1537 Firenze (Italia) Died March 1 1542 Firenze (Italia) Cause of death Fever Father Cosimo I de’ Medici…