Medici women: portraits of power, love and betrayal from the court of Duke Cosimo I

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. Bloodlines: Portraits of Maria Salviati de' Medici by Bronzino and Pontormo

2. Declarations of Dynasty: The State Portrait of Eleonora di Toledo

3. 'These tender and well-born plants': Young Daughters and Wards of Cosimo and Eleonora

4. A 'Medici' Papacy and a Counter-Reformation in Portraiture: Allori's Giulia d'Alessandro de' Medici

5. The New Medicean Cosmos: Lucrezia de' Medici, Duchess of Ferrara

6. Damnatio Memoriae: Isabella de' Medici Orsini, 'La stella di casa Medici'

7. Up Close and Personal: Patronage and the Miniature Eleonora ('Dianora') di Toledo de' Medici

Epilogue

Appendices

Terminology and Abbreviations

Notes

Bibliography

Photograph Credits

Index