Tintoretto, Jacopo (1518-1594) Giuseppe e la moglie di Putifarre (Joseph and Potiphar’s Wife) c.1555 Oil on canvas, 54 x 117 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid Joseph is a handsome and virtuous slave falsely accused of rape by his master’s wife,…
Tintoretto, Jacopo (1518-1594) Salomone e la regina di Saba (Solomon and the Queen of Sheba) c.1555 Oil on canvas, 58 x 205 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid This is one of seven canvases (P00386, P00388, P00389, P00393, P00394, P00395, P00396)…
Tintoretto, Jacopo (1518-1594) Ester e Assuero (Esther before Ahasuerus) 1552–1555 Oil on canvas, 59 x 203 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid This is one of seven canvases (P00386, P00388, P00389, P00393, P00394, P00395, P00396) in a group linked by the…
Tintoretto, Jacopo (1518-1594) Susanna e i Vecchioni (Susanna and the Elders) 1552–1555 Oil on canvas, 58 x 116 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid This canvas is part of a group of six paintings: Susannah and the Elders (P386), Esther and…
Allori, Alessandro (1535-1607) Venere e Cupido (Venus and Cupid) c.1575–1580 Oil on wood, 143 x 226.50 cm Musée Fabre, Montpellier The Mannerist painter Allori designed a complex representation of Venus which owes much to the powerful figures of Michelangelo. The…
Bronzino (1503-1572) Costanza da Sommaia c.1540 Oil on panel, 43.2 x 28.9 cm Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit See also: • Sommaia, Costanza da
Vasari, Giorgio (1511-1574) Don Giovanni e Don Garzia de’ Medici 1556–1558 Fresco, 70 x 90 cm Museo di Palazzo Vecchio, Firenze See also: • Medici, Garzia de’ (1547-1562) | Medici, Giovanni di Cosimo I de’ (1543-1562)
Bronzino (1503-1572) Giovanni de’ Medici 1550–1551 Oil on panel, 66.2 x 52.8 cm Ashmolean Museum, Oxford See also: • Medici, Giovanni di Cosimo I de’ (1543-1562)
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…
Bronzino (1503-1572) Eleonora di Toledo col figlio Giovanni (Eleonora di Toledo with Her Son Giovanni) 1545–1546 Oil on panel, 115 x 96 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze See also: • Eleonora di Toledo (1522-1562) | Medici, Giovanni di Cosimo I de’ (1543-1562)