Agnolo BronzinoItalian, 1503–1572Portrait of Cosimo I de'Medici
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State Hermitage Museum
Room216Saint Petersburg, Russia
On public display.
- Checked
- 29 Aug 2026
- In this state since
- Aug 30, 2026
- Source
- The museum's own collection data
Particulars
- Accession number
- ГЭ-1512
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- State Hermitage Museum: the museum's own open data · fetched 29 Aug 2026
- Image: State Hermitage Museum — Museum open access
Meanwhile, in the life of Agnolo Bronzino
The whole life1525–1535
Years under Pontormo's influence: joint works
From 1525 to 1535, under his master's influence, Bronzino produces several religious and mythological paintings in the Mannerist manner; on some of them he and Pontormo worked together, which makes the authorship hard to establish. Their joint undertakings include the decoration of the Medici villas at Careggi and Castello near Florence.
1537
Post: court painter
1537
Joins the Guild of St Luke
In 1537 Bronzino, by now a court painter to the Medici, joins the Guild of St Luke.
1539
Decorations for the wedding of Cosimo I and Eleonora of Toledo
In 1539, on the occasion of Cosimo I de' Medici's marriage to Eleonora of Toledo, Bronzino designs the decorations for the duchess's ceremonial entry into Florence; like his other theatrical and festive works for the Medici, they have not survived. That same year he receives the most lucrative commission of his career, for the decoration of the Palazzo Vecchio.
