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) Cosimo I de’ Medici in armatura (Cosimo I de’ Medici in armour) c.1545 Oil on poplar panel, 86 x 66.8 x 3.5 cm Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney Bronzino was the leading painter in mid 16th-century…
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) Madonna e Bambino con santi (The Madonna and Child with Saints) c.1540 Oil on wood, 101.6 x 81.3 cm National Gallery, London Elderly Saint Elizabeth looks down over the Virgin Mary’s shoulder at her son Saint John the…
Bronzino (1503-1572) Ritratto di giovane uomo (Portrait of a Young Man) 1550–1555 Oil on wood, 75 x 57.5 cm National Gallery, London It has previously been thought that this portrait may represent one of the elder sons of Duke Cosimo…
Giorgione (c.1477-1510) Ragazzo con la freccia (Boy with an Arrow) c.1505 Oil on poplar, 48 × 41.8 × 2.6 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna This bust of an idealized young man with a rich mane of curls and an arrow in…
Giorgione (c.1477-1510) Ritratto di giovane, Ritratto Giustiniani (Portrait of a Youth) early 16th century Oil on canvas, 59.2 x 47 cm Gemäldegalerie, Berlin SHELFMARK / INSCRIPTION: V V Until 1884, the Portrait of a Young Man was found in the…
Giorgione (c.1477-1510) Ritratto d’uomo Terris (Portrait of a Man) 1506 Oil on panel, 30.16 cm x 25.72 cm San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego
Velázquez, Diego (1599-1660) Felipe IV (Philip IV) 1626–1628 Oil on canvas, 57 x 44 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid This is an extraordinary example of the eventful life of many royal portraits during the Siglo de Oro, and it shows…