#alessandro di christofano di lorenzo allori

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Alessandro Allori [a.k.a. Alessandro di Christofano di Lorenzo Allori; Il Bronzino; Alessandro del Bronzino; Alessandro Bronzino Allori (1535-1607), Eleonora ('Dianora') di Don Garzia di Toledo di Pietro de'Medici (1553 -1576), circa 1571.

"Leonora was born in Florence, where she was brought up by Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany and his wife Eleanor of Toledo, her aunt and namesake. Betrothed to their son Pietro at the age of 15, she blossomed under the wing of Pietro's older sister, the artistic patron Isabella, into a vivacious and witty beauty. Her marriage, like Isabella's, was not a success, and she followed her mentor's example of taking lovers. For this reason, Pietro had her brought in 1576 to the country retreat of Cafaggiolo, where he strangled her to death with a dog leash. Cosimo's successor, Francesco I, tacitly approved the murder, and Pietro was never brought to justice for it." [source]

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School of Bronzino, based on an earlier portrait by Bronzino, Eleanor of Toledo, ca. 1562.

Bronzino, Portrait of Eleanor of Toledo and Her Son, ca. 1545, oil on panel, 115 cm × 96 cm (45 in × 38 in); Uffizi Gallery, Florence.