Portrait of Cosimo the Elder

Portrait of Cosimo the Elder is an oil on panel painting by Pontormo, executed c. 1519–1520, now in the Uffizi, Florence.^[1]

Its subject

Cosimo after the dynasty's founder.^[2]

This work was Pontormo's entry ticket into Medici circles – it was in Ottaviano de' Medici's collection before passing to that of his son Alessandro – Ottaviano even commissioned him soon afterwards to paint some of the frescoes of the 'salone' at the villa di Poggio a Caiano. The work was copied in 1585 by Alessandro Pieroni for the Serie gioviana and Bronzino also produced a copy of just the face for a gallery of Medici portraits now in the Vasari Corridor.

Links

Uffizi

References

^ "Catalogue page" (in Italian).
ISBN 88-09-03675-1

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Paintings

San Ruffillo Madonna (c. 1514)

Scene from Hospital Life (c. 1514)

Woman with a Basket of Spindles (c. 1514–1515, disputed)

Joseph Sold to Potiphar (c. 1515)

Joseph's Brothers Beg for Help (c. 1515)

Pharaoh with his Butler and Baker (c. 1515)

Saint Quentin (1517, disputed)

Portrait of a Jeweler (c. 1517–1518)

Joseph in Egypt (c. 1518)

Pucci Altarpiece (1518)

Portrait of a Musician (c. 1518–1519)

Saint John the Evangelist and Michael the Archangel (c. 1519)

Saint Anthony Abbot (c. 1519)

Portrait of Cosimo the Elder (c. 1519–1520)

Vertumnus and Pomona (c. 1519–1521)

Sacrificial Scene (c. 1520)

Adoration of the Magi (c. 1522–1523)

Holy Family with the Infant Saint John the Baptist (c. 1522–1523)

Virgin and Child with Saint Anne and Four Saints (c. 1524–1529)

Portrait of a Young Man (c. 1525–1526)

Penitent Saint Jerome (c. 1525–1528)

Nativity of Saint John the Baptist (1526)

Annunciation (c. 1527–1528)

Deposition from the Cross (1528)

Carmignano Visitation (c. 1528–1530)

The Ten Thousand Martyrs (c. 1529–1530)

Madonna and Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist (c. 1529–1536)

Portrait of a Halberdier (1530)

Venus and Cupid (c. 1533)

Expulsion from Paradise (c. 1535)

Madonna of the Book (c. 1540–1545)

Portrait of Monsignor Della Casa (c. 1541–1544)

Portrait of Maria Salviati (c. 1543–1544)

Related

Boldrone Shrine

Capponi Chapel

Florence Charterhouse

Santissima Annunziata frescos

Mannerism

Bronzino (pupil)

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[1] "Catalogue page" (in Italian).

[2] ISBN 88-09-03675-1

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