Portrait of Giovanni de’ Medici, by Agnolo Bronzino, c.1545

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  • @MouthyMama376
    @MouthyMama376 2 місяці тому +325

    It baffles me how he can simultaneously look like an old, balding, gluttonous king and a chubby, cherubic, blissfully unaware & innocent babe at once. The homunculus phenomenon must have still at least been somewhat present when this was created. (Or that was one very old looking but very happy baby 😉)

    • @tomokokurokiirl
      @tomokokurokiirl 2 місяці тому +20

      babies are really just weird looking lol. also, it could be partly the creases along their mouth due to the chubby cheeks that may be similar to old people's wrinkles in certain styles

    • @camelopardalis84
      @camelopardalis84 2 місяці тому +8

      "Look at this bird I've caught. I'm gonna eat it."

  • @Mike-ot6lb
    @Mike-ot6lb 2 місяці тому +404

    I got a local artist to draw my children at similar ages. Not quite this level of art, but still very dear to my heart. He looked a very cheeky chappy hahaha. Great subject 😃

  • @savioblanc
    @savioblanc 2 місяці тому +196

    Giovanni d'Medici
    Archbishop of Pisa at 16
    Cardinal at 17
    Died from an attack of malaria at 19
    His mother and 15 yr old brother died of the same illness a few days after him.

    • @astralax
      @astralax 2 місяці тому +30

      Live fast, die young

    • @katoyukimaru
      @katoyukimaru 2 місяці тому +12

      nepo baby

    • @savioblanc
      @savioblanc 2 місяці тому +18

      @@katoyukimaru until the advent of the Industrial Era, pretty much every kid was a nepo baby.
      Nobody had much choice.
      You went into the same profession as your parents, regardless of your position.
      The Catholic Church did allow some movement beyond your parents profession at various times but it too would mostly adapt to the cultural standards of the era it was in.

    • @FatMadt666
      @FatMadt666 2 місяці тому +1

      G$d blessed the hell out of his life?

    • @astralax
      @astralax 2 місяці тому +1

      @@FatMadt666 Don't worry man, it's the internet, you're allowed to say God here

  • @desiregonzales6246
    @desiregonzales6246 2 місяці тому +128

    Why was the self-portrait scratched?

    • @sophroniel
      @sophroniel 2 місяці тому +11

      I wondered that too

    • @kayoss8787
      @kayoss8787 2 місяці тому +22

      It was painted by Alessandro Allori who might have disliked it, was going to change it because there are other portraits and self portraits of bronzino that are in better shape. The only negativity I could find was a comment about some members didn’t like his portrayal of them as cold and “In 1547, Bronzino (along with a number of other artists) was expelled from the Academia Fiorentina for unknown reasons.” But I think it was just not well taken care of as he is considered a rediscovered artist more appreciated now.
      The description is: Alessandro Allori, santissima trinità, 1567-1571 circa, ritratto dei maestri, bronzino

  • @kashinimeyo
    @kashinimeyo 2 місяці тому +65

    No wonder fully conscious baby was fully conscious- remembered their past life

    • @StephJ0seph
      @StephJ0seph 2 місяці тому

      Omg I thought I was the only one who noticed it looked like that aware baby lol

    • @skyintheclouds4106
      @skyintheclouds4106 2 місяці тому

      😂😂

  • @yea3211
    @yea3211 2 місяці тому +68

    he looks like the four seasons orlando baby

  • @cleep14
    @cleep14 2 місяці тому +10

    That's a great idea when I become a mother I will do a baby portrait of each of my children

  • @guineatte
    @guineatte 2 місяці тому +36

    My parents took us every year to Florence during the holidays and this was one of my favourite paintings, also because it looks so much like my youngest brother when he was that age. I still have the postcard. He is such a bundle of joy.

  • @R-xs7dt
    @R-xs7dt 2 місяці тому +3

    Agnolo painted the truth that he saw in his patrons face and heart.

  • @Hvantmiki
    @Hvantmiki 2 місяці тому +8

    Mannerists are the best late medieval painters

  • @BipolarBear_pen15
    @BipolarBear_pen15 2 місяці тому +14

    He looks like he has a dream.

  • @yxxng1z943
    @yxxng1z943 Місяць тому

    why did this make me cry

  • @HostileButHonourable
    @HostileButHonourable 2 місяці тому +50

    Well...he was certainly a well nourished baby!.

    • @Likiita
      @Likiita 2 місяці тому +13

      Are we actually fat shaming babies oh my god

    • @raraavis7782
      @raraavis7782 2 місяці тому +9

      ​@@Likiita
      Are we actually pretending, that making a joke about a chubby toddler is 'fat shaming' now?
      Like, seriously. You're not helping your cause, if you go so far over board with your accusations, that people just see them as ridiculous.

    • @Likiita
      @Likiita 2 місяці тому

      @@raraavis7782 🫵🤓

    • @rowdeygrader6546
      @rowdeygrader6546 2 місяці тому +2

      ​@@Likiita Why don't you find a hobby?. Such as punctuation?.

    • @Likiita
      @Likiita 2 місяці тому

      @@raraavis7782 okay 🫶🤓

  • @RazorRevenge
    @RazorRevenge 2 місяці тому +2

    They never went away. People just choose photography over paintings.

  • @elal7929
    @elal7929 2 місяці тому +3

    Your Italian pronunciation is perfect

  • @beastshawnee
    @beastshawnee 2 місяці тому +4

    “And BORED” is about the sexiest portrait of the time period.

  • @hellenoluwafemi8601
    @hellenoluwafemi8601 2 місяці тому +5

    Why does he remind me of the big baby in Spirited Away😅

  • @niewoczosny6461
    @niewoczosny6461 2 місяці тому +1

    I just love Bronzino!!

  • @dustynjeffrey4126
    @dustynjeffrey4126 2 місяці тому +1

    The OG fully conscious baby

  • @pisces2569
    @pisces2569 2 місяці тому +5

    How did the artist get the kid to sit still for hours?

    • @ej9755
      @ej9755 2 місяці тому +10

      The body can be painted separately from the face, and the face can be studied on multiple separate occasions to create an accurate sketch or a study, from which the face is then portrayed. The Medici family was loaded as heck, they could afford that

  • @isawave9535
    @isawave9535 2 місяці тому +1

    Your pronunciation is wonderful ❤

  • @elohelreh
    @elohelreh 2 місяці тому +4

    great necklace :)

  • @janstaz
    @janstaz 2 місяці тому +1

    he is very cute

  • @StephJ0seph
    @StephJ0seph 2 місяці тому +1

    Why does the baby in the painting look like that self-aware baby who said "me" and raised their hand? Lol

  • @dshe8637
    @dshe8637 2 місяці тому +1

    Bronzino has a wonderful style

  • @choycejoyce4699
    @choycejoyce4699 Місяць тому

    Happy and lively? Where? How?
    The baby teeth and chubby cheeks are really darn cute though.

  • @ChaoticArtCat
    @ChaoticArtCat 2 місяці тому +3

    Cosimo kinda cute ngl

  • @LetsSmosh
    @LetsSmosh 2 місяці тому

    At least they made the finch look alive. How Christian.

  • @eh2203
    @eh2203 2 місяці тому +4

    There’s no way that kid was 2 years old with only 2 bottom teeth.

    • @professorrhyyt3689
      @professorrhyyt3689 2 місяці тому +1

      Came looking for this comment, and to add that coral was used to soothe teeting discomforts

    • @eh2203
      @eh2203 2 місяці тому

      @@professorrhyyt3689 that sounds super unpleasant, but I do love a good fun fact

  • @nargozot8043
    @nargozot8043 2 місяці тому

    his open hand is a common symbol seen in Christian art, called the “crown of God”

  • @AndreasWernerReiske-ln4kr
    @AndreasWernerReiske-ln4kr 2 місяці тому

  • @fioregiallo
    @fioregiallo 2 місяці тому +1

    Aw I looked it up and he died at 17 two weeks after becoming cardinal. Poor thing.

  • @medeiapsyche
    @medeiapsyche Місяць тому

    He looks like he wants to go to Four Seasons Orlando

  • @josephtaylor4115
    @josephtaylor4115 Місяць тому

    Giovanni! (High pitched)

  • @azzurart
    @azzurart Місяць тому

    I bet he wants to go to the four seasons in orlando

  • @SuperOodaify
    @SuperOodaify 2 місяці тому +1

    RIP that bird

  • @ElizabethWarrenYeahYeah
    @ElizabethWarrenYeahYeah 2 місяці тому

    And not a wrinkle in sight.

  • @__nnyltiak__2539
    @__nnyltiak__2539 2 місяці тому

    He’s just holdin a berb

  • @kosmicking5166
    @kosmicking5166 2 місяці тому +5

    Btw gold finches bite

  • @tayschannel2695
    @tayschannel2695 28 днів тому

    I saw “de Medici” and 1545 and was like: KATHERINE WHAT THE F**K.

  • @timbobshe
    @timbobshe 2 місяці тому

    That goldfinch is so done xD

  • @sophroniel
    @sophroniel 2 місяці тому +2

    he only had two teeth at two years old?!

  • @beautifullifeform4360
    @beautifullifeform4360 2 місяці тому

    Love this! But saying the “one and only Giovanni de Medici”, when there were, in fact, multiple Giovanni De Medicis is funny

  • @juliebaker6969
    @juliebaker6969 2 місяці тому

    If he only had 2 teeth he was a lot younger than 2 years old..... probably more like a year old.

  • @hollyinhell
    @hollyinhell 2 місяці тому

    When your baby is really just an old man.

  • @adonaiyah2196
    @adonaiyah2196 2 місяці тому

    Looks like he wants to go the four seasons Orlando

  • @GrumpyManatee
    @GrumpyManatee 2 місяці тому

    Baby portraits are very much still a thing. Many parents have multiple large pictures of their kids. Why do you think malls still have photography studios and the child specific portrait industry has exploded? If you mean paintings well, no one wants to deal with bored crying babies for that long and in this economy? Oh no.

  • @Phoenix-np1iu
    @Phoenix-np1iu 2 місяці тому +6

    cardinal at 17?? don't you have to at least be a priest first? did he go to the seminary at 15? did they have seminaries?

    • @Worm.soup666
      @Worm.soup666 2 місяці тому +6

      That's true now a days, but thorugh out history people could just buy their way into becoming the pope

    • @Phoenix-np1iu
      @Phoenix-np1iu 2 місяці тому

      ​@Worm.soup666 oh I'm aware they bought their way in. I just assumed they still had to work as priests etc first

    • @raraavis7782
      @raraavis7782 2 місяці тому +2

      That really stuck out to me, as well.
      I do think, you have to go through a trial period before you're allowed to fully commit to becoming a priest.
      Would have been interesting to hear, how he got to this position at such a young age.

    • @savioblanc
      @savioblanc 2 місяці тому +2

      During that time, nahh.
      Positions like Bishops and Cardinals were more a political thing than a religion thing at various times.

  • @jadeharpz7622
    @jadeharpz7622 2 місяці тому +3

    He can’t have been 2, most 2 year olds have all their baby teeth. Even 1 year olds have more then 2 teeth.

  • @user-bx4ti6ig3i
    @user-bx4ti6ig3i 2 місяці тому

    That can't be a 2 year old. Looks more like a 5 month old

  • @msdanascully11
    @msdanascully11 Місяць тому

    One little thing, it's actually Àgnolo, not Agnòlo. But great video, love your enthusiasm ❤

  • @paintedpilgrim
    @paintedpilgrim 2 місяці тому

    His later portrait before he died at just 19 was just as cold and boring.

  • @Phoenix-np1iu
    @Phoenix-np1iu 2 місяці тому +1

    cardinal at 17??? don't you at least have to be a priest first?

  • @Jarial7
    @Jarial7 Місяць тому

    He looks 50 years old

  • @HeiligerSatyr
    @HeiligerSatyr 2 місяці тому +1

    Àgnolo, not Agnòlo...

  • @ludwigwittgenstein1280
    @ludwigwittgenstein1280 2 місяці тому +1

    no.

  • @No.you123
    @No.you123 2 місяці тому

    i hate to be that guy but what 2 year old has only 2 little teeth 😂😂

  • @ravisir3062
    @ravisir3062 2 місяці тому

    I don’t like him