The ''Portrait of Lucrezia Panciatichi'' is an oil on panel painting by the Italian artist
Agnolo di Cosimo, known as
Bronzino
Agnolo di Cosimo (; 17 November 150323 November 1572), usually known as Bronzino ( it, Il Bronzino ) or Agnolo Bronzino, was an Italian Mannerist painter from Florence. His sobriquet, ''Bronzino'', may refer to his relatively dark skin or reddis ...
, finished around 1545. It is housed in the
Uffizi Gallery in
Florence, Italy.
Lucrezia di Sigismondo Pucci was the wife of
Bartolomeo Panciatichi, a Florentine humanist and politician, also portrayed by Bronzino in another Uffizi portrait.
Giorgio Vasari describes the two portraits as: "so natural that they seem truly living". The show of refined garments and jewelry was intended not only to underline the élite position of the woman, but also aspects of her personality through a complex symbology, including the words "Amour dure sans fin" on the golden necklace, a reference to a love treatise written for the Grand Duke of Florence,
Cosimo I de' Medici, in 1547.
The portrait is mentioned and described in the novel ''
The Wings of the Dove'' (1902) by
Henry James. The portrait is also alluded in the Victorian ghost story “Amour Dure” by
Vernon Lee.
This portrait is often mistaken for that of
Elizabeth Báthory
Countess Elizabeth Báthory de Ecsed ( hu, Báthori Erzsébet, ; sk, Alžbeta Bátoriová; 7 August 1560 – 21 August 1614) was a Hungarian noblewoman and alleged serial killer from the family of Báthory, who owned land in the Kingdom of ...
.
See also
*''
Portrait of Bartolomeo Panciatichi''
References
External links
Panciatichi, Lucrezia
Panciatichi, Lucrezia
1545 paintings
Panciatichi, Lucrezia
Panciatichi, Lucrezia
Panciatichi, Lucrezia
Paintings by Bronzino in the Uffizi
Books in art
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