Tag: 1562

Danae (1560-1565)

Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Danae 1560–1565 Oil on canvas, 129.8 x 181.2 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid The first Poesie presented to Prince Philip were Danaë (1553, The Wellington Collection) and Venus and Adonis (1554, Museo del Prado, P422), versions of other…

Autoritratto (c.1562)

Tiziano (c.1488-1576) Autoritratto (Self-Portrait) c.1562 Oil on canvas, 86 x 65 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Titian painted his first self-portrait before leaving for Rome in 1545. However, it was after his Roman stay that he showed the most interest in disseminating…

Giovanni di Cosimo I de’ Medici

(1543–1562) Giovanni di Cosimo I de’ Medici in Art: Bronzino (1503-1572) Ritratto di Giovanni de’ Medici bambino 1545 Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze     Bronzino (1503-1572) Eleonora di Toledo col figlio c.1545–1550 Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit     Bronzino (1503-1572) Eleonora di…

Garzia de’ Medici

(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’…

Eleonora di Toledo

(1522–1562) Leonor Álvarez de Toledo y Osorio Duchess of Firenze (1539–1562) Eleonora di Toledo in Art: Bronzino (1503-1572) Eleonora di Toledo c.1543 Národní galerie v Praze, Prague     Bronzino (1503-1572) Eleonora di Toledo col figlio c.1545–1550 Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit…

Head of an Old Farmer’s Wife (c.1560-1565)

Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569) Head of an Old Farmer’s Wife c.1560–1565 Oil on oak, 22 x 18.4 cm Alte Pinakothek, Munich Such studies of facial expressions, known as tronies, served to capture a fleeting moment of powerful emotion and its…

Two Chained Monkeys (1562)

Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569) Two Chained Monkeys 1562 Oil on oak panel, 19.9 x 23.3 cm Gemäldegalerie, Berlin SHELFMARK / INSCRIPTION: Inscription lower left: • BRVEGEL • MDLXII • This unusual picture dates from the year 1562, shortly before Bruegel…

The Suicide of Saul (1562)

Bruegel the Elder, Pieter (c.1525-1569) The Suicide of Saul 1562 Oil on oak panel, 34.7 × 55.6 × 0.5 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Inscribed at the lower left edge of the picture between two pieces of rock: SAVL. XXXI CAPIT.; and:…