Thursday, June 28, 2012

Cosimo I de' Medici -- Orfeo -- Bronzino

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Duke Cosimo I de' Medici had himself portrayed by Bronzino as a naked Orfeo charming the three-headed guardian of Hades, Cerberus, in an erotic portrait, intended as an engagement ring for his future wife, Eleonora di Toledo.

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