本名はアーニョロ・ディ・コジモ。フィレンツェに生まれ、14歳ごろ画家ポントルモに弟子入りしました。1539年、メディチ家のコジモ1世とエレオノーラの結婚式のかざりを手がけ、やがて宮廷画家になります。絹の服や宝石まで、つるつるとなめらかに描いた気品ある肖像画で知られます。ヴェッキオ宮殿にあるエレオノーラの礼拝堂の壁画も描きました。
His real name was Agnolo di Cosimo. Born in Florence, he became a pupil of the painter Pontormo at about 14. In 1539 he worked on decorations for the wedding of Cosimo I de' Medici and Eleonora of Toledo, and he soon became the Medici court painter. His elegant portraits show silk and jewels with a smooth, polished finish. He also painted the frescoes in Eleonora's chapel in the Palazzo Vecchio.
