Why it matters
Painted as the altarpiece for Eleonora of Toledo's chapel in the Palazzo Vecchio, it was soon sent by Cosimo I as a diplomatic gift to Nicolas Perrenot de Granvelle, a counsellor of Charles V.
Did you know?
- It was completed in 1545.
- Bronzino made a copy for the Palazzo Vecchio.
- It is an example of late Mannerism.
Based on the Wikipedia article Deposition of Christ (Bronzino) (CC BY-SA 4.0).
