Mon Feb 4, 2019 07:45 PM

Morning Modelbuch (2/5/2019)

Here are a couple of portraits of Cosimo I modelled after Bronzino’s official likeness of the Duke. I find them interesting because the major changes to the paintings appear in the embroidery. That choice would seem to be a subtle one, (and perhaps I’m biased) but I think it is a huge alteration and really highlights the difference in the paintings between these and yesterday’s.

UK National Trust http://www.nationaltrustcollections.org.uk/object/1413438

National Gallery https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/after-bronzino-portrait-of-cosimo-i-de-medici-grand-duke-of-tuscany