From the Uffizi Gallery in Florence come the portrait of Cosimo I de’ Medici and the oil on copper depicting Eleonora di Toledo, both attributable to the workshop and school of Agnolo di Cosimo Tori, known as Bronzino. While from the Bargello Museum will be exhibited the bronze medal depicting Baldovino Ciocchi del Monte, brother of Pope Julius III.
Finally, the portrait of Pope Julius III, preserved at the town hall of Monte San Savino, by an anonymous painter of the 18th century.
The exhibition is hosted from September 10 until October 17 at the Logge dei Mercanti.
The works on display
The elegant portrait of Cosimo I de’ Medici, is an oil on canvas from the Galleria Palatina in Florence. The painting reflects the traditional iconography of Cosimo, depicted with moustache and beard, half-length, three-quarter-length on the left. Referred to Agnolo di Cosimo Tori, known as Bronzino (Monticelli di Firenze 1503 – Firenze 1572) in the 19th-century catalogs of the Gallery, the work is now considered by critics to be an autograph replica of the portrait of Cosimo I at 40, which Vasari records as having been painted by Bronzino around 1560, and known in numerous versions.
The precious oil on copper, representing Eleonora di Toledo, comes from the Uffizi Galleries, and is attributed to the school of Agnolo di Cosimo Tori, known as Bronzino (Monticelli di Firenze 1503 – Firenze 1572), in particular to his best pupil and adopted son, Alessandro Allori (Firenze, 1535-1607). The painting was probably made around 1560, a few years before the death of Eleonora, the first wife of Cosimo I de’ Medici, portrayed seated and bejeweled with her ever-present pearls.
The portrait of Pope Julius III, kept in the town hall of Monte San Savino, is to be assigned to an anonymous painter of the 18th century. The painting, in which the quality and the physiognomic resemblance are certainly subordinated to the documentary and symbolic value of the work, was certainly inspired by the ‘gioviana’ collection of the Uffizi, one hundred and fifty-nine portraits of illustrious men, realized by Carlo Ventura Sacconi between 1719 and 1733.
The rare bronze medal depicting Baldovino Ciocchi del Monte, brother of Pope Julius III, from the Bargello Museum in Florence (inv. 6283, ø 42.3mm), was made around 1556 by the Paduan goldsmith, sculptor and medallist Giovanni Cavino (1500-1570).
Info
Opening hours:
Monday and Tuesday closed. Wednesday from 10.00 to 13.00. From Thursday to Sunday from 10.00 to 13.00 – 15.00, 18.00.
Entrance ticket € 5,00
€ 3,00 for over 65 – under 18 – university students
Free for Monte San Savino residents.