Eleanor of Toledo, the Spanish wife of Duke Cosimo I de' Medici, sits beside her young son Giovanni against a glowing blue ground. Bronzino renders her brocade gown, pearls and cool, unreadable face with enamel-like precision. The portrait advertises the wealth she brought to Florence and the heirs she gave the new Medici dynasty.
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Her gown carries a pomegranate pattern in black velvet on a white ground, a design Florence's silk weavers were famous for and a symbol of fertility.
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