Agnolo Bronzino
Found in 136 Collections and/or Records:
Portrait of an Unknown Girl from the Medici Family, The portrait shows a half-length likeness of a young girl gazing back at the viewer. She wears a fine dress with a collar, a gold necklace and headband, a ring, and holding a book. This is a basic record created to enable public access to scanned images. Full research on this image is pending., c.1545
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FLOR.10743; Public Notes:
Portrait of Bartolomeo Panciatichi, The portrait shows a half-length sitter from the waist up. He is an older man with a long beard; his face and body are pointed forward toward the viewer. He wears a black hat and black cloak, with frilled red sleeves from the elbow down. In his hand he keeps his finger in a place in a book. At his left side a dog's head is visible. The scenery behind him appears to be a grand hall with contemporary Classical modeled architecture, connecting to the outdoors through the high, large arch in the background. This is a basic record created to enable public access to scanned images. Full research on this image is pending., c.1540
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FLOR.10711; Public Notes: The caption correctly attributes the artist, the sitter, and the repository.
Portrait of Bia de' Medici, Daughter of Cosimo I, The portrait shows a half-length likeness of a Florentine Medici daughter. She wears a white dress, rendered to show off its high quality and value by its shiny veneer. Her hair is simple, straight, and chin-length, accentuated slightly by her earrings, but shaping her face. She wears a small string of pearls and a gold necklace with a pendant. Her body is turned slightly to right in the chair she sits in, while her face is fully frontal. She wears a gold chain around her waist and holds it in her right hand. The background is except for the dark blue background which forms a light circle around the girl's head, as well as the arm of the chair. This is a basic record created to enable public access to scanned images. Full research on this image is pending., c.1542
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FLOR.10733; Public Notes: The caption calls the girl Maria de' Medici.
Portrait of Cardinal Ferdinando de Medici, Bust portrait of Cardinal Ferdinando de Medici
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FLOR.11191; Public Notes: This is a basic record created to enable public access to scanned images. Full research on this image is pending. For assistance, please e-mail us at specialcollections@vanderbilt.edu
Portrait of Connoisseur, Depiction of connoisseur in three quarter view and behind him there is monument of a man lacking one hand.
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FLOR.10753; Public Notes: This is a basic record created to enable public access to scanned images. Full research on this image is pending. For assistance, please contact us at specialcollections@vanderbilt.edu.
Portrait of di Allessandro I di Lorenzo de' Medici, A picture of depicts Allesandro I of Medici in a three quarter view and young and with newly growing beards and mustaches on his face.
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FLOR.10800; Public Notes: This is a basic record created to enable public access to scanned images. Full research on this image is pending. For assistance, please e-mail us at specialcollections@vanderbilt.edu
Portrait of Duke Cosimo I de' Medici in Armor, This portrait is one of the numerous portraits of Cosimo de' Medici that came from Bronzino's workshop. This work models the copied format. The sitter's body is positioned toward the viewer's right, but his face is turned slightly toward the viewer's left, where his gaze points. His face is still young with some definition of wrinkles, and he has a goatee. He wears a silver breastplate with red trim ribbons at the collar and on the chestpieces. Only his right arm is visible and it rests atop the suit of armor's helmet. This work shows a dark curtain in the background that slightly shifts the light source which comes from the viewer's left. This is a basic record created to enable public access to scanned images. Full research on this image is pending., 1543, Photographed in 1930
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FLOR.10734; Public Notes: The caption notes the repository is the Palazzo Riccardi, but this is scratched out and on the back the Uffizi is written. Numerous copies of this work exist and are found in different locations.
Portrait of Eleanora of Toledo and Giovanni de' Medici, The portrait shows a half-length likeness of the Florentine woman Eleanor of Toledo in rich, contemporary sixteenth-century dress and a her son Don Giovanni shown at her right. She holds him close and he keeps his left hand on her dress. They both look directly at the viewer. Her gown is decorated with an elaborate floral pattern and black, white, and gold colors; her hair is held with a gemmed head piece; and she wears two necklaces of pearl, the shorter holding a gold pendant. The dark background grows light to illuminate the space around her head. This is a basic record created to enable public access to scanned images. Full research on this image is pending., 1544-1546
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FLOR.10742; Public Notes: The caption notes the sitters, although it scratches out and corrects the original type identifying the young child. It also attributes the artist and notes the work is housed in the Galleria degli Uffizi, although no matching information was found. On the proposed dates are written in pencil.
Portrait of Ezzelino da Romano, An idealized portrait of Ezzelino da Romano
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FLOR.11198; Public Notes: This is a basic record created to enable public access to scanned images. Full research on this image is pending. For assistance, please e-mail us at specialcollections@vanderbilt.edu
Portrait of Garza de' Medici (Garzia di Cosimo I), The portrait shows the face of a young boy from the Medici family. This is a basic record created to enable public access to scanned images. Full research on this image is pending., c.1555-65
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FLOR.10744; Public Notes: The caption notes the sitter is Don Garcia de' Medici.
Portrait of Giovanni de' Medici as a Baby (Giovanni di Cosimo I), The portrait shows a smiling baby from the wait up. The child's gaze is directed toward the viewer, and his body is only slightly turned toward the viewer's left. He wears a bright red frock with a gold embroidered collar, red pants, and wears a necklace around his neck with a shaped pendant on it. He holds a bird in his right hand. The dark background emphasizes the child and allows him to be the central focus. This record and SC.MSS.088.FLOR.10739 are from different sources, but are identical images of the same work. This is a basic record created to enable public access to scanned images. Full research on this image is pending., c.1545
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FLOR.10740; Public Notes: The caption notes the sitter is Don Garzia de' Medici.
Portrait of Giovanni de' Medici as a Baby (Giovanni di Cosimo I), The portrait shows a smiling baby from the wait up. The child's gaze is directed toward the viewer, and his body is only slightly turned toward the viewer's left. He wears a bright red frock with a gold embroidered collar, red pants, and wears a necklace around his neck with a shaped pendant on it. He holds a bird in his right hand. The dark background emphasizes the child and allows him to be the central focus. This record and SC.MSS.088.FLOR.10740 are from different sources, but are identical images of the same work. This is a basic record created to enable public access to scanned images. Full research on this image is pending., c.1545
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FLOR.10739; Public Notes: The caption notes the sitter is Don Garzia de' Medici.
Portrait of Guidobaldo II della Rovere, Duke of Urbino, The portrait's title notes the sitter, Guidobaldo II della Rovere, the Duke of Urbino. The artist renders him from the knees up, with his chest pointed slightly toward the sitter's right, but his face pointed fully toward the viewer. He wears a suit of armor and holds his military hat against his waist on his right side, and holds a large dog against his left side; the dog looks out at the viewer as well. The background is a dark color, allowing the sitter to be the central and sole focus. This is a basic record created to enable public access to scanned images. Full research on this image is pending., 1530-32
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FLOR.10705; Public Notes: The caption incorrectly attributes the artist but notes the repository.
Portrait of John Lawrence. De'Medici, A picture of a woman looking in one quarter view.
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FLOR.10818; Public Notes: This is a basic record created to enable public access to scanned images. Full research on this image is pending. For assistance, please e-mail us at specialcollections@vanderbilt.edu
Portrait of Lucrezia Panciatichi, The half-length portraits shows the seated woman in a chair from the waist up. The chair and her body are pointed slightly to the viewer's left, but her face is shown at a frontal view. She looks directly at the viewer. Her hair is tied up in a bun and held by a jeweled headband, she also wears a pearl necklace with a gold piece at her throat, and a ring on her left ring finger, which is pointed out at the audience. Her dress is an expensive material, most likely silk due to the way it is rendered to fold and shimmer. She wears a gold collar and her sleeves are a darker brown color. Her left hand holds to the arm of the chair she sits in, while her right hand holds open a book. The dark background gives no indication of where she is seated, although there seems to be a light source coming from the viewer's left, which casts shadow on the far right side of her face. The work is meant to display the sitter and perhaps her wealth, but it looks almost as if she has looked up from reading the book in her hand, which proves the intelligence reaped from her good breeding, as well. The image is identical to record SC.MSS.088.FLOR.10714 although they come from different sources. This is a basic record created to enable public access to scanned images. Full research on this image is pending., c.1540
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FLOR.10712; Public Notes: The caption correctly attributes the artist, the sitter, and the repository.
Portrait of Lucrezia Panciatichi, This image is a detail of the sitter's head from the following painting; it gives a more detailed view of her headband, necklace, and facial features. The half-length portraits shows the seated woman in a chair from the waist up. The chair and her body are pointed slightly to the viewer's left, but her face is shown at a frontal view. She looks directly at the viewer. Her hair is tied up in a bun and held by a jeweled headband, she also wears a pearl necklace with a gold piece at her throat, and a ring on her left ring finger, which is pointed out at the audience. Her dress is an expensive material, most likely silk due to the way it is rendered to fold and shimmer. She wears a gold collar and her sleeves are a darker brown color. Her left hand holds to the arm of the chair she sits in, while her right hand holds open a book. The dark background gives no indication of where she is seated, although there seems to be a light source coming from the viewer's left, which casts shadow on the far right side of her face. The work is meant to display the sitter and perhaps her wealth, but it looks almost as if she has looked up from reading the book in her hand, which proves the intelligence reaped from her good breeding, as well. The image is identical to record SC.MSS.088.FLOR.10714 although they come from different sources. This is a basic record created to enable public access to scanned images. Full research on this image is pending., c.1540
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FLOR.10713; Public Notes:
Portrait of Lucrezia Panciatichi, This image is a detail of the sitter's head from the following painting; it gives a more detailed view of her headband, necklace, and facial features. The half-length portraits shows the seated woman in a chair from the waist up. The chair and her body are pointed slightly to the viewer's left, but her face is shown at a frontal view. She looks directly at the viewer. Her hair is tied up in a bun and held by a jeweled headband, she also wears a pearl necklace with a gold piece at her throat, and a ring on her left ring finger, which is pointed out at the audience. Her dress is an expensive material, most likely silk due to the way it is rendered to fold and shimmer. She wears a gold collar and her sleeves are a darker brown color. Her left hand holds to the arm of the chair she sits in, while her right hand holds open a book. The dark background gives no indication of where she is seated, although there seems to be a light source coming from the viewer's left, which casts shadow on the far right side of her face. The work is meant to display the sitter and perhaps her wealth, but it looks almost as if she has looked up from reading the book in her hand, which proves the intelligence reaped from her good breeding, as well. The image is identical to record SC.MSS.088.FLOR.10714 although they come from different sources. This is a basic record created to enable public access to scanned images. Full research on this image is pending., c.1540
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FLOR.10714; Public Notes: The writing on the back correctly attributes the artist, title and sitter, and repository. It also includes the accession number from the time of the writing, 736.
Portrait of Pietro de Medici's son Cosimo, Portrait of Cosimo Medici in 3/4 profile
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FLOR.11196; Public Notes: This is a basic record created to enable public access to scanned images. Full research on this image is pending. For assistance, please e-mail us at specialcollections@vanderbilt.edu
Portrait of Stefano Colonna,
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FLOR.10745; Public Notes:
Portrait of Ugo Martelli, Portrait of a young Ugo Martelli
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FLOR.11186; Public Notes: This is a basic record created to enable public access to scanned images. Full research on this image is pending. For assistance, please e-mail us at specialcollections@vanderbilt.edu
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