Where can you see Bronzino in Florence?

At the Uffizi Gallery: Eleonora of Toledo with her Son Giovanni and Lucrezia Panciatichi. At Palazzo Vecchio: The Chapel of Eleonora. Museums move and lend their works, so check before a special journey.

What is Bronzino's most famous work in Florence?

Eleonora of Toledo with her Son Giovanni, of about 1545, at the Uffizi Gallery. The duchess in a dress of white satin brocaded with black and gold pomegranates, one hand on her small son's shoulder. The dress is the subject as much as she is.

When and where was Bronzino born?

On 17 November 1503, at Florence, Italy. Bronzino died on 23 November 1572, at Florence, Italy, aged about 69.

What is Bronzino known for?

Court painter to Cosimo I de' Medici. A pupil of Pontormo. Painted the private chapel of Eleonora of Toledo in the Palazzo Vecchio. Bronzino was an Italian painter, of Mannerism.

Painter, 1503 to 1572

Bronzino

Bronzino painted the Medici court as it wished to be seen: perfectly dressed, perfectly composed and giving nothing away. Nobody has painted silk, pearls or reserve better.

Born: 1503, Florence, Italy
Died: 1572, Florence, Italy
Movement: Mannerism
In Florence: 3 works in 2 museums

Where to see Bronzino in Florence

Each work with the museum it hangs in. Museums move and lend their works, so check before a special journey.

Uffizi Gallery2 works

Eleonora of Toledo with her Son Giovanni
about 1545
The duchess in a dress of white satin brocaded with black and gold pomegranates, one hand on her small son's shoulder. The dress is the subject as much as she is.
Lucrezia Panciatichi
about 1541 to 1545
A young woman in rose satin, very upright, with a book of prayers. Her husband's portrait hangs beside her.

Palazzo Vecchio1 work

The Chapel of Eleonora
1540 to 1545
A room hardly larger than a cupboard, frescoed on every surface with the story of Moses in hard, brilliant blues.

The life of Bronzino

Agnolo di Cosimo, called Bronzino, was Pontormo's pupil and almost his adopted son. From about 1539 he was painter to Duke Cosimo I and his Spanish wife Eleonora of Toledo, whose children he painted one by one.

He lived all his life in Florence, wrote verse, and died there in 1572.

What to know

Court painter to Cosimo I de' Medici
A pupil of Pontormo
Painted the private chapel of Eleonora of Toledo in the Palazzo Vecchio

Born: 17 November 1503, Florence, Italy
Died: 23 November 1572, Florence, Italy

Bronzino: common questions

Where can you see Bronzino in Florence?: At the Uffizi Gallery: Eleonora of Toledo with her Son Giovanni and Lucrezia Panciatichi. At Palazzo Vecchio: The Chapel of Eleonora. Museums move and lend their works, so check before a special journey.
What is Bronzino's most famous work in Florence?: Eleonora of Toledo with her Son Giovanni, of about 1545, at the Uffizi Gallery. The duchess in a dress of white satin brocaded with black and gold pomegranates, one hand on her small son's shoulder. The dress is the subject as much as she is.
When and where was Bronzino born?: On 17 November 1503, at Florence, Italy. Bronzino died on 23 November 1572, at Florence, Italy, aged about 69.
What is Bronzino known for?: Court painter to Cosimo I de' Medici. A pupil of Pontormo. Painted the private chapel of Eleonora of Toledo in the Palazzo Vecchio. Bronzino was an Italian painter, of Mannerism.