Portrait of Bartolomeo Panciatichi
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The Portrait of Bartolomeo Panciatichi is a painting by the Italian artist Agnolo di Cosimo
, known as Bronzino, finished around 1540. It is housed in the Uffizi Gallery of Florence
, Italy
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Bartolomeo Panciatichi was a Florentine humanist and politician. His wife was also portrayed by Bronzino a few years later. In view of the fact that he was suspected as sympathetic to Lutheranism it is interesting the traveller William Thomas, eventually executed for rebellion against the marriage of Philip and Mary, stayed in Florence with Panciatichi in the mid-1540s (see Edward Chaney, The Evolution of the Grand Tour, 2nd ed. (Routledge, 2000), pp 71-72).
Agnolo di Cosimo
Agnolo di Cosimo , usually known as Il Bronzino, or Agnolo Bronzino , was an Italian Mannerist painter from Florence...
, known as Bronzino, finished around 1540. It is housed in the Uffizi Gallery of Florence
Florence
Florence is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany and of the province of Florence. It is the most populous city in Tuscany, with approximately 370,000 inhabitants, expanding to over 1.5 million in the metropolitan area....
, Italy
Italy
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Bartolomeo Panciatichi was a Florentine humanist and politician. His wife was also portrayed by Bronzino a few years later. In view of the fact that he was suspected as sympathetic to Lutheranism it is interesting the traveller William Thomas, eventually executed for rebellion against the marriage of Philip and Mary, stayed in Florence with Panciatichi in the mid-1540s (see Edward Chaney, The Evolution of the Grand Tour, 2nd ed. (Routledge, 2000), pp 71-72).
See also
- Portrait of Lucrezia PanciatichiPortrait of Lucrezia PanciatichiThe Portrait of Lucrezia Panciatichi is a painting by the Italian artist Agnolo di Cosimo, known as Bronzino, finished around 1545. It is housed in the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, Italy....