Tintoretto, Jacopo (1518-1594) Estate (Summer) c.1546–1548 Oil on canvas, 105.7 x 193 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington Summer is represented here as Ceres, goddess of agriculture, reclining in front of her attribute, a row of wheat stalks. The work…
Bronzino (1503-1572) Eleonora di Toledo col figlio (Eleonora of Toledo and Her Son) c.1545–1550 Oil on panel, 121.6 x 100 cm Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit Portraiture was an important political tool for the ducal Medici family. Often sent abroad…
(1502–1546) VI Marquis of Pescara and II of Vasto Governor of the Duchy of Milan (1538–1546) Alfonso d’Avalos in Art: Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Allocuzione di Alfonso d’Avalos 1540–1541 Museo del Prado, Madrid Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Ritratto di Alfonso D’Avalos 1533 Getty Center, Los…
(1483–1546) Works: ◊ A Treatise on Good Works (English) ◊ An Open Letter on Translating (English) ◊ Commentary on Genesis, Vol. 1 (English) ◊ Commentary on Genesis, Vol. 2 (English) ◊ Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians (English) ◊…
Rulers: • Alfonso d’Avalos d’Aquino, Governor of the Duchy of Milan (1538-1546) • Carlos I, King of Spain (1516-1556) • Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (1519-1558) • Cosimo I de’ Medici, Duke of Florence (1537-1569) • François I, King of France (1515-1547) • Henry VIII, King of England (1509-1547) • Henry VIII, King of Ireland (1542-1547)…