Giovanni di Cosimo I de' Medici, also known as Giovanni de' Medici the Younger, was an Italian cardinal.
Giovanni de' Medici
Agnolo Bronzino, Portrait of Giovanni de' Medici (c. 1545), Uffizi, Florence.
Eleanor of Toledo
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Eleanor of Toledo was a Spanish noblewoman who became Duchess of Florence as the first wife of Cosimo I de' Medici. A keen businesswoman, she financed many of her husband's political campaigns and imp
Portrait by Agnolo Bronzino
Eleanor's father, Pedro Álvarez de Toledo, Viceroy of Naples.
Cosimo I de' Medici, her husband.
Eleanor of Toledo with her son Giovanni by Agnolo Bronzino, 1545. It is considered the first state portrait to depict a ruler's wife with his heir. The picture was intended to demonstrate the wealth, domesticity, and continuity of the Medici.