This portrait by Bronzino, of Eleonora di Toledo, who married Cosimo I di Medici, is one I saw in 2010 in a special exhibit at the Strozzi Palace Museum. The actual costume Elenora is wearing (or one very much like it) is now featured in an exhibit at the Costume Gallery in the Pitti Palace, and may be the oldest extant costume (c. 1560) of Renaissance Florence. Here's a link to a website that explains more:
http://realmofvenus.renaissanceitaly.net/workbox/extwomclo2.htm
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