Eleanor of Toledo

Looking up in Florence

Detail of Bronzino’s frescoes in the Cappella di Eleanora, Palazzo Vecchio, Florence. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

Detail of Bronzino’s frescoes in the Cappella di Eleanora, Palazzo Vecchio, Florence. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

Grotesque with butterfly, Palazzo Vecchio, Florence. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

Grotesque with butterfly, Palazzo Vecchio, Florence. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

Bronzino’s portrait of Eleanor of Toledo surrounded by paintings from the school of Vasari in the Studiolo di Francesco I, Palazzo Vecchio, Florence. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

Bronzino’s portrait of Eleanor of Toledo surrounded by paintings from the school of Vasari in the Studiolo di Francesco I, Palazzo Vecchio, Florence. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

Grotesque with butterfly, Palazzo Vecchio, Florence. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

Grotesque with butterfly, Palazzo Vecchio, Florence. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

Fresco by Francesco de 'Rossi, known as Francesco Salviati, 1543-1545, in the Sala delle Udienze, Palazzo Vecchio, Florence. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.

Fresco by Francesco de 'Rossi, known as Francesco Salviati, 1543-1545, in the Sala delle Udienze, Palazzo Vecchio, Florence. Photo by Renée DeVoe Mertz.