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Cosimo de’Medici’s marriage to Eleonora of Toledo (1522–1562), only daughter of Don Pedro de Toledo, Marqués de Villafranca and Viceroy of Naples, brought him much of the wealth and influence which helped make him Grand Duke of Tuscany in 1569. The couple had eight children. The portrait in The Wallace Collection derives from Bronzino’s masterly portrait of Eleonora of Toledo with her Son Francesco (1545; Florence, Uffizi), in which the sumptuous brocaded dress merits as much attention as the sitter herself. The Wallace Collection’s picture is probably a posthumous studio replica, as implied by the Latin inscription: a phrase used in the mass for a holy woman. The sitter was also buried in the Spanish brocade dress in which she is depicted here.
Title
Eleonora di Toledo
Date
c.1562–1572
Medium
oil on poplar panel
Measurements
H 77.8 x W 58.7 cm
Accession number
P555
Acquisition method
acquired by Richard Seymour-Conway, 4th Marquess of Hertford, after 1868; bequeathed to the nation by Lady Wallace, 1897
Work type
Painting
