Portrait of Bianca Cappello, Second Wife of Francesco I de' Medici
c. 1580
Fresco, 75 x 52 cm
Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence
Grand Duke Francesco I de' Medici was a man of profound and obsessive passions. The Uffizi galleries, which he established, were one, Bianca Cappello (1548-1587), his mistress, and afterwards, the second wife, was the other.
