Bronzino. Artist and poet at the Court of the Medici

Bronzino. Artist and poet at the Court of the Medici

From September 24 to January 23, Palazzo Strozzi
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The exhibition Bronzino. Artist and Poet at the court of the Medici is held at Palazzo Strozzi from September 24 to January 2011.
In 16th century Florence Bronzino was an influential painter. Not just because he was the official portrait painter of the court of Cosimo I, but also because he mixed with all the great people of his time: Pontormo, a dear friend of his, Benvenuto Cellini, Baccio Bandinelli and “il Tribolo”.
And his chief pupil was Alessandro Allori, later also known as “the second Bronzino”
This event is a first, as no one had ever devoted a monograph exhibition to this painter before. Now Florence has decided to set up one and in a way the town is a sort of “scattered” museum, as it holds works of the artist in many important locations of Florence.
The exhibition will present ninety works of the artist, seventy of which are paintings that comprise almost all of his artistic production. Some of the works are very well-known, such as the beautiful, melancholic face of Eleonora of Toledo, the Spanish wife of Cosimo I, which was also chosen as the central piece of the exhibition.