Painting Name | Portrait of Bianca Cappello Second Wife of Francesco I de' Medici |
Painter Name | Alessandro Allori |
Completion Date | 1580 |
Size | 75 x 52 cm |
Material | Fresco |
Current Location | Galleria degli Uffizi Florence |
Grand Duke Francesco I de’ Medici was a man of profound and obsessive passions. The Uffizi galleries, which he established, were one, Bianca Cappello (1548-1587), his mistress, and afterwards, the second wife, was the other.