Portrait of Cosimo I de' Medici, 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. The sitter is positioned with a balcony opening out to his left side, and a column near to his left side. Close by over his left shoulder is the Florence cathedral, and other towers and buildings from the city. This is a basic record created to enable public access to scanned images. Full research on this image is pending., 1540-1550

 Item — Box: 113
Identifier: spc-mss0088-s02-ss02-i5817

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Portrait of Cosimo I de' Medici, 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. The sitter is positioned with a balcony opening out to his left side, and a column near to his left side. Close by over his left shoulder is the Florence cathedral, and other towers and buildings from the city. This is a basic record created to enable public access to scanned images. Full research on this image is pending.

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Scope and Contents

Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FLOR.10738; Public Notes: The scholar's writing on the back correctly attribute the artist and the sitter, but no matching information on the repository can be found.

Dates

  • Creation: 1540-1550

Creator

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Biographical / Historical

Subjects: armor; Medici family; portraits of men; Florence; Cosimo de' Medici; portraits; School: Florence; Technique: painting (technique); Work type: paintings

Full Extent

1 Items : Image Work Type: photographic print ; Image height (in.): 8.7; Image width (in.): 6.9in.

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

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