The Uffizi Gallery is a prominent art museum located adjacent to the Piazza della Signoria in the Historic Centre of Florence in the region of Tuscany, Italy. One of the most important Italian museums and the most visited, it is also one of the largest and best known in the world and holds a collection of priceless works, particularly from the period of the Italian Renaissance.
Piero di Cosimo, also known as Piero di Lorenzo, was an Italian painter of the Renaissance.
Antonio del Pollaiuolo, also known as Antonio di Jacopo Pollaiuolo or Antonio Pollaiuolo, was an Italian painter, sculptor, engraver and goldsmith during the Italian Renaissance.
Piero del Pollaiuolo, also known as Piero Benci, was an Italian Renaissance painter from Florence. His brother was the artist Antonio del Pollaiuolo and the two frequently worked together. Their work shows both classical influences and an interest in human anatomy; reportedly, the brothers carried out dissections to improve their knowledge of the subject.
Agnolo di Cosimo, usually known as Bronzino or Agnolo Bronzino, was an Italian Mannerist painter from Florence. His sobriquet, Bronzino, may refer to his relatively dark skin or reddish hair.
The decade of the 1460s in art involved some significant events.
The Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian is a work by Piero del Pollaiuolo, commissioned by the Florentine Pucci family and now in the National Gallery, London.
Profile Portrait of a Young Lady is a 1465 half-length portrait, made with oil-based paint and tempera on a poplar panel, usually attributed to Antonio del Pollaiuolo. It is held by the Gemäldegalerie in Berlin, which describes this work as one of its most famous paintings, and as one of the most famous portraits of women from the early Italian Renaissance.
Portrait of a Boy is a 1495 oil on panel portrait, now in the Uffizi in Florence. In the past it has been attributed to Lorenzo di Credi, Viti, Jacopo Francia, Raphael and others, but Giovanni Morelli's reattribution of it to Perugino is now widely accepted. Although the lack of a landscape background is unusual for this painter, the style is typical of his portrait technique.
Faith is a 1470 oil on panel painting by Piero del Pollaiolo, now in the Uffizi in Florence.
Apollo and Daphne is a c.1470–1480 oil on panel painting, attributed to Piero del Pollaiolo and/or his brother Antonio). William Coningham acquired it in Rome in 1845 and in 1876 Wynne Ellis left it to the National Gallery, London, where it still hangs. It shows Daphne's transformation into a laurel tree to escape Apollo in Ovid's Metamorphoses.
The Archangel Raphael and Tobias is a c.1465–1470 oil on panel painting by Piero del Pollaiolo, now in the Galleria Sabauda in Turin.
Charity is a 1469 oil on panel painting by Piero del Pollaiolo, now in the Uffizi in Florence.
Prudence is a 1470 oil on panel painting by Piero del Pollaiolo, now in the Uffizi in Florence.
Justice is a 1470 oil on panel painting by Piero del Pollaiolo, now in the Uffizi in Florence.
Hope is a 1470 oil on panel painting by Piero del Pollaiolo, now in the Uffizi in Florence.
Temperance is a 1470 oil on panel painting by Piero del Pollaiolo, now in the Uffizi in Florence. It represents Temperance, one of the seven virtues of the Catholic Church.
Portrait of a Young Woman is a 1470-1472 mixed-technique painting on panel, variously attributed to Piero del Pollaiolo or his brother Antonio. It is now in Milan in the Museo Poldi Pezzoli, which uses the painting as its symbol.
Hercules and the Hydra is a c. 1475 tempera grassa on panel painting by Antonio del Pollaiolo, forming a pair with the same artist's Hercules slaying Antaeus. Both works are now in the Galleria degli Uffizi in Florence. They show the influence of the Neoplatonic Academy, harking back to classical art and interpreting Greek and Roman myth in the light of Christian philosophy.
Marriage of the Virgin or the Ginori Altarpiece is a 1523 oil on panel painting by Rosso Fiorentino, signed and dated by the artist. It was commissioned by Carlo Ginori for the chapel dedicated to the Virgin Mary and saint Joseph - previously owned by the Masi family that chapel had been acquired by the Ginori family in 1520. It still hangs in the Basilica, whilst a drawn copy attributed to Antonio Circignani is now in the Louvre (n.1592).
Portrait of a Young Woman , Museo Poldi Pezzoli, Milano
Portrait of a Young Woman, Metropolitan Museum, New York
Portrait of a Woman, Berlin
