Cupid and the Silent Goddess
Fisk, Alan
Who were the models of Agnolo Bronzino's An Allegory with Venus and Cupid?
Florence, 1544. Duke Cosimo de' Medici has commissioned Agnolo Bronzino to paint An Allegory with Venus and Cupid. Intended as a diplomatic gift for King François of France, the Duke demands the seemingly impossible: Bronzino's painting is to be an even greater masterpiece than Botticelli's The Birth of Venus. It will be the artist's defining work: his reputation and,...
