\paperw19995 \margr0\margl0 \plain \fs20 \f1 This portrait, painted many years after the death of Cosimo the Elder, celebrates the founder of the senior branch of the Me
dici family. The inscription on the back of the armchair alludes to the epithet \i pater patriae\i0 , by which Cosimo was known in Florence. Pontormo handles the light and shade with great skill, bringing CosimoÆs face to life and giving the paint an i