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…
(1503–1554) John the Magnanimous Elector of Saxony (1532–1547) Duke of Saxony (1547–1554) John Frederick I in Art: Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) John Frederick I c.1530s Private Collection Cranach, Lucas the Elder (1472-1553) & Workshop John Frederick the Magnanimous,…
Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Ecce Homo 1547 Oil on slate, 69 x 56 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Although we do not know when Titian first treated this subject, it was probably in 1535, when he painted a Christ for Federico Gonzaga following a…
(1494–1547) François d’Orléans François d’Angoulême Count of Angoulême Duke of Valois King of France (1515–1547) François I in Art: Ingres, Jean Auguste Dominique (1780-1867) François 1er reçoit les derniers soupirs de Léonard 1818 Petit Palais, Paris Works commissioned by him:…
(1537–1553) King of England (1547–1553) King of Ireland (1547–1553) Edward VI in Literature: • Twain, Mark (1835-1910): The Prince and the Pauper (1881) Edward VI in Art: Holbein, Hans the Younger (c.1497-1543) Edward VI as a Child probably 1538 National Gallery of Art,…
(1547–1562) Garzia de’ Medici in Art: Bronzino (1503-1572) Garzia de’ Medici c.1550 Museo del Prado, Madrid Bronzino (1503-1572) Don Garzia de’ Medici bambino c.1551 Museo di Palazzo Mansi, Lucca Vasari, Giorgio (1511-1574) Don Giovanni e Don Garzia de’…
(1547–1622) Alof de Wignacourt in Art: Caravaggio (1571-1610) Alof de Wignacourt c.1608 Musée du Louvre, Paris Caravaggio (1571-1610) Salomè con la testa del Battista c.1607 Palacio Real, Madrid See also: • Art Patrons | Caravaggio | Knight | Knight of the Order of Malta | Malta
(1491–1547) King of England (1509–1547) Lord of Ireland (1509–1542) King of Ireland (1542–1547) Henry VIII in Literature: • Shakespeare, William (1564-1616): Henry VIII (1613) • Twain, Mark (1835-1910): The Prince and the Pauper (1881) Henry VIII in Art: Holbein, Hans the Younger (c.1497-1543) Henry VIII of England c.1537…
Rulers: • Carlos I, King of Spain (1516-1556) • Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor (1519-1558) • Cosimo I de’ Medici, Duke of Florence (1537-1569) • Edward VI, King of England and Ireland (1547-1553) • François I, King of France (1515-1547) • Henri II, King of France (1547-1559) • Henry…
(1470–1547) Pietro Bembo in Art: Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Ritratto del Cardinale Pietro Bembo 1539–1540 National Gallery of Art, Washington See also: • Bishops | Cardinals | Humanists | Philologists | Poets | Writers