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Book Review
Eleonora di Toledo e l’invenzione della corte dei Medici a Firenze
05/2024 | 1454 | 166
Pages: 510–512
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Reviewer:
Sterpetti, Lunarita (Sterpetti, Lunarita)
Subjects
art literature:
Exhibition catalogues
dates:
1520-1549 / 1550-1559
museums and institutions:
Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, Italy
patrons:
Eleanor of Toledo, Duchess of Florence, 1522-1562
places:
Florence
subjects:
Italian art / Patronage / Commissions / Taste (aesthetics)
subjects:
Collecting / Collections
subjects:
Medici family
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Eleonora di Toledo e l’invenzione della corte dei Medici a Firenze Edited by Bruce Edelstein and Valentina Conticelli. 432 pp. incl. 390 col. + b. & w. ills. (Sillabe, Livorno, 2023), €35. ISBN 978–88–3340–347–2. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
4. Deposition, by Gérard David. 1515–20. Oil on panel, 20 by 14 cm. (Gallerie degli Uffizi, Florence).
Attributed works:
5. Deity mask. Mexico, late 15th–early 16th century. Wood, resin, turquoise and motherof- pearl, 24 by 14.5 by 1.35 cm. (Museo delle Civiltà, Rome).
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A portrait of the Lady Isabella by the hand of Bronzino
01/2023 | 1438 | 165
Pages: 26-37
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Author:
Edelstein, Bruce L. (Edelstein, Bruce L.)
Subjects
artists:
Bronzino, Agnolo / Allori, Alessandro
buildings:
Palazzo Vecchio, Florence, Italy
dates:
1550-1599
patrons:
Medici Orsini (1542–76), Isabella de' / Orsini, Paolo Giordano / Eleanor of Toledo, Duchess of Florence, 1522-1562 / Medici family / Cosimo I, Grand Duke of Tuscany, 1519-1574 / Attributions / Provenance / Florentine art / Portraits / Dress / Medallions / Inventories
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Eleonora di Toledo with her son Giovanni, by Agnolo Bronzino. c.1545. Oil on panel, 115 by 96 cm. (Gallerie degli Uffizi, Florence).
Attributed works:
10. Portrait of a lady with a cameo, by Alessandro Allori. Oil on panel, 123 by 97 cm. (Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
11. Portrait medal of Isabella de’ Medici Orsini, by Domenico Poggini. 1560. Bronze, diameter 4.9 cm. (Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence).
Attributed works:
12. Isabella de’ Medici as a young girl, by Agnolo Bronzino. c.1553. Oil on panel, 44 by 36 cm. (Nationalmuseum, Stockholm).
Attributed works:
13. Portrait of Isabella de’ Medici Orsini, by Alessandro Allori. After 1560. Oil on panel, 99 by 70 cm. (Gallerie degli Uffizi, Florence).
Attributed works:
14. X-radiograph of Fig.2. (Courtesy Thierry Radelet Laboratory).
Attributed works:
2. Portrait of a woman, here identified as Isabella de’ Medici Orsini, here attributed to Agnolo Bronzino. c.1560. Oil on panel, 103.8 by 83.7 cm. (Private collection; courtesy Claudio Giusti).
Attributed works:
3. Portrait of a young lady, probably Camilla Martelli de’ Medici, by Alessandro Allori. 1570s. Oil on canvas mounted on board, 68.6 by 59.1 cm. (Saint Louis Art Museum).
Attributed works:
4. Infra-red reflectogram of Fig.2. (Courtesy Thierry Radelet Laboratory).
Attributed works:
5. Portrait of a young man, by Agnolo Bronzino. Mid-1530s or early 1540s? Oil on panel, 96 by 75 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
6. Infra-red reflectogram of Fig.5.
Attributed works:
7. Portrait of a lady (Cassandra Bandini?), by Agnolo Bronzino. c.1550– 55. Oil on panel, 109 by 84 cm. (Galleria Sabauda, Turin).
Attributed works:
8. Bia de’ Medici, by Agnolo Bronzino. c.1542–45. Oil on panel, 64 by 48 cm. (Gallerie degli Uffizi, Florence).
Attributed works:
9. Laura Battiferri, by Agnolo Bronzino. c.1560. 83 by 60 cm. (Museo di Palazzo Vecchio, Florence; Bridgeman Images).
Publication Received
Medici Women. Portraits of Power, Love, and Betrayal
08/2008 | 1265 | 150
Pages: 556
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Reviewer:
Robertson, Clare (Robertson, Clare)
Subjects
patrons:
Medici family / Eleanor of Toledo, Duchess of Florence, 1522-1562 / Cosimo I, Grand Duke of Tuscany, 1519-1574
print:
Medici family
subjects:
Family portraits / Portraits / Italian painting / Biographies / Women
subjects:
Patronage
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Medici Women. Portraits of Power, Love, and Betrayal | author: Langdon, Gabrielle
Publication Received
The Cultural World of Eleonora di Toledo, Duchess of Florence and Siena
11/2005 | 1232 | 147
Pages: 765
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Reviewer:
Martineau, Jane (Martineau, Jane; Martineau, Jane; M., J.T.)
Subjects
dates:
1520-1549 / 1550-1599
patrons:
Eleanor of Toledo, Duchess of Florence, 1522-1562
places:
Italy / Florence
print:
Eleanor of Toledo, Duchess of Florence, 1522-1562
subjects:
Essays / Culture / Cultural history / Florentine
subjects:
Patronage
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Cultural World of Eleonora di Toledo, Duchess of Florence and Siena | editor: Eisenbichler, Konrad
Short Notice
Giulio Clovio's Portrait of Eleonora di Toledo
07/1989 | 1036 | 131
Pages: 481-485
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Author:
Simon, Robert B. (Simon, Robert B.)
Subjects
artists:
Clovio, Giulio
dates:
1500-1599
places:
Italy / Florence
subjects:
Italian painting / Portrait miniatures / Portraits / Miniatures (paintings)
subjects:
Eleanor of Toledo, Duchess of Florence, 1522-1562
Illustrations
Attributed works:
39. Eleonora di Toledo, by Giulio Clovio. c. 1551-53. Tempera on Vellum, Laid down on Panel. 8.4 cm. Diameter. (Private Collection, England).
Attributed works:
40. Eleonora di Toledo, by Daniel Fröschl after Giulio Clovio. c.1596-1603. Signed with Monogram. Gouache on Vellum. 8.5 by 6.8 cm. (Uffizi, Florence).
Attributed works:
41. Eleonora di Toledo, by Baccio Bandinelli. 1544. Bronze. 28 cm. High without Pedestal. (Bargello, Florence).
Attributed works:
42. Annunciate Virgin, by Giulio Clovio. c.1551-53. Tempera on Vellum, Laid down on Panel. 20 by 15.2 cm. (Uffizi, Florence).
Attributed works:
43. Self Portrait, by Giulio Clovio. c. 1570. Tempera on Vellum, Laid down on Cooper. 11.5 cm. Diameter. (Uffizi, Florence).
Attributed works:
44. Eleonora di Toledo and Her Son, by Agnolo Bronzino. 1545. Oil on Panel, 115 by 95 cm. (Uffizi, Florence).
Attributed works:
45. The Circumcision, by Giulio Clovio. c.1537-46. Tempera on Vellum, fol.34v of the Farnese Hours. 16.7 by 10 cm. (Pierpont Morgan Library, New York).
Attributed works:
46. The Calling of the Apostles, by Giulio Clovio. c.1555. Tempera on Vellum, fol. 6v of the Towneley Lectionary. 48.3 by 32.7 cm. (New York Public Library, New York).
Short Notice
Some Gems from the Medici Cabinet of the Cinquecento
08/1979 | 917 | 121
Pages: 509-515
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Author:
McCrory, Martha A. (McCrory, Martha A.; McCrory, Martha)
Subjects
dates:
1500-1599
patrons:
Medici family
patrons:
Cosimo I, Grand Duke of Tuscany, 1519-1574
patrons:
Eleanor of Toledo, Duchess of Florence, 1522-1562
patrons:
Ferdinando I, Grand Duke of Tuscany, 1549-1609
places:
Italy / Florence
subjects:
Collecting / Collections, Private / Cameos / Gems
subjects:
Documents
Illustrations
Attributed works:
47. Cosimo I de'Medici and His Family. Cameo in Onyx, 16.5 by 18.5 cm. (Museo Degli Argenti, Florence).
Attributed works:
53. Philip II. Cameo in Onyx, 3.55 by 4.2 cm. (Museo degli Argenti, Florence).
Attributed works:
54. Don Carlos. Cameo in Onyx. Reverse of Fig. 53.
Western art unattributed:
48. 'Tre figure e una stella'. Cameo in Onyx, 14.3 cm. (Museo Archeologico, Florence).
Western art unattributed:
49. Savanarola. Intaglio in Carnelian, 3.27 by 4.15 cm. (Museo Degli Argenti, Florence).
Western art unattributed:
50. Detail of Fig. 48. ['Tre figure e una stella'. Cameo in Onyx, 14.3 cm. (Museo Archeologico, Florence).]
Western art unattributed:
51. 'Pastore e una vacca'. Intaglio in Amethyst, 2.6 by 1.8 cm. (Museo Archeologico, Florence).
Western art unattributed:
52. The Head of Hercules. Intaglio in Amethyst. 3.5 by 4.15 cm. (Museo Archeologico, Florence).
Western art unattributed:
55. Alessandro de'Medici. Cameo in Agate, 2.5 by 3.2 cm. (Museo degli Argenti, Florence).
Western art unattributed:
56. Henry II of France. Cameo in Agate, 2.96 by 3.64 cm. (Museo degli Argenti, Florence).
Western art unattributed:
57. Alessandro de'Medici. Relief in Gold on a Green Jasper Ground, 3 by 3.7 cm. (Museo degli Argenti, Florence).
Western art unattributed:
58. Charles VI of France (?). Cameo in Agate. 2.51 by 3.1 cm. (Museo degli Argenti, Florence).
Western art unattributed:
59. Reverse of Fig. 58 Showing the Coat-of-Arms of the Duke of Bourbon with the Legend ESPERENCE (sic). Enamelled Gold, 2.51 by 3.1 cm.
Western art unattributed:
60. Pope Leo X. Intaglio in Plasma, 3.58 by 4.52 cm. (Museo degli Argenti, Florence).
Western art unattributed:
61. Pope Leo X. Intaglio in Sapphire, 1 by 1.2 cm. (Museo degli Argenti, Florence).