This fresco, one of four, was commissioned by Cosimo I de' Medici and his wife, Eleanor of Toledo, to adorn the walls of Eleonor's private chapel in the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence. Three of the four chapel walls painted by Bronzino depict the story of Moses. The fresco The…
This oil on canvas measures 155.6 × 215.3 cm. It is housed in the 17th to 18th Century European Paintings Gallery of the National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne. This painting was commissioned by the innovative Italian art collector Amedeo dal Pozzo (1579–1644). Dal Pozzo…
This painting shows an early point in the biblical story of Esther as she is crowned Queen by the Persian King Ahasuerus. Esther went on to save the Jewish people (from the evil Haman pictured in the lower-right of the painting) and this deliverance from destruction became…
For unknown reasons, the present panel was cut down at the lower half as both Mary and Saint John were originally full-length, standing on either side of the cross. A painting now in a private collection in Florence reproduces this panel on a smaller scale and thus provides…
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