Agnolo Bronzino

Years of life:	1503 – 1572
Artist's Teachers:	Jacopo Pontormo
Artist's students:	Alessandro Allori
Art Movement:	Mannerism (Late Renaissance)
Painting School:	Florentine School

Genre:	Portrait , Religious , Mythology
Country:	Italy
Century:	XVI

He is best known for his arrogant, icy portraits. Court painter to the Grand Duke of Tuscany, a man of humble origins.

A cold restraint distinguishes his portraits. Note the poses and expressions of faces full of self-confidence, contempt, or disdain; his paintings are characterized by the ease and confidence of pictorial technique, sophisticated composition, rich cold coloring.

Note the unnatural smoothness of the skin. Notice how the faces and bodies are elongated, and the eyes often seem empty like those of dolls. The composition of the allegorical and relativistic paintings is complex and intricate, and many figures whose poses are deliberately stolen from Michelangelo.

Agnolo Bronzino’s major works are A Lady with a Dog, c. 1529–30 (Frankfurt: Städelsches Kunstinstitut); The Panciatichi Holy Family, 1540 (Florence: Galleria degli Uffizi).

References:

Robert Cumming. Art: complete encyclopedia. – 512 p. – Moscow: Astrel, 2005.

Artworks:

Lucrezia di Cosimo

between 1555 and 1565

Lucrezia di Cosimo • between 1555 and 1565
Garcia de' Medici

1550

Garcia de' Medici • 1550
Saint Sebastian

1533

Saint Sebastian • 1533
Portrait of Piero di Cosimo de' Medici

between 1550 and 1570

Portrait of Piero di Cosimo de' Medici • between 1550 and 1570
Pygmalion and Galatea

between 1529 and 1530

Pygmalion and Galatea • between 1529 and 1530
Portrait of a Baby Boy

between 1540 and 1549

Portrait of a Baby Boy • between 1540 and 1549
Holy Family with John the Baptist

1540

Holy Family with John the Baptist • 1540
Deposition of Christ

from 1540 until 1545

Deposition of Christ • from 1540 until 1545
Eleonora di Toledo with her son Francesco

1549

Eleonora di Toledo with her son Francesco • 1549
Portrait of Lodovico Capponi junior

between 1550 and 1555

Portrait of Lodovico Capponi junior • between 1550 and 1555
Portrait of Leonor Álvarez de Toledo (1519–1562)

1543

Portrait of Leonor Álvarez de Toledo (1519–1562) • 1543
Portrait of a girl with a Missal

1535

Sometimes the girl is identified with a Medici princess

Portrait of a girl with a Missal • 1535
Portrait of Giovanni de' Medici (1543-1562), son of Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, as a Child

1545

Portrait of Giovanni de' Medici (1543-1562), son of Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, as a Child • 1545
Portrait of Bia de' Medici

between 1542 and 1545

Portrait of Bia de' Medici • between 1542 and 1545
Dead Christ, Mary and Mary Magdalene

between 1528 and 1530

Dead Christ, Mary and Mary Magdalene • between 1528 and 1530
Virgin and Child with Saint Anne

1550

Virgin and Child with Saint Anne • 1550
Portrait of the poet Laura Battiferri, wife of sculptor Bartolomeo Ammannati

1550-1555

Portrait of the poet Laura Battiferri, wife of sculptor Bartolomeo Ammannati • 1550-1555
Portrait of Guidobaldo II della Rovere, Duke of Urbino

1532

Also was known as Ippolito de' Medici's portrait

Portrait of Guidobaldo II della Rovere, Duke of Urbino • 1532
The Holy Family

between 1540 and 1550

The Holy Family • between 1540 and 1550
Venus, Cupido and Satyr

1553-1555

Venus, Cupido and Satyr • 1553-1555
Portrait of Lucrezia Panciatichi

1540

Portrait of Lucrezia Panciatichi • 1540
Portrait of a Nobleman

between 1550 and 1555

Portrait of a Nobleman • between 1550 and 1555
Maria (di Cosimo I) de' Medici

1551

Maria (di Cosimo I) de' Medici • 1551
Portrait of a young man with a lute

between 1530 and 1532

Portrait of a young man with a lute • between 1530 and 1532
Portrait of Ugolino Martelli (1519-1592)

from 1535 until 1538

Portrait of Ugolino Martelli (1519-1592) • from 1535 until 1538
The Adoration of the Shepherds

between 1539 and 1540

The Adoration of the Shepherds • between 1539 and 1540
Portrait of Lucrezia Panciatichi

1540

Portrait of Lucrezia Panciatichi • 1540
Portrait of Stefano Colonna

1546

Portrait of Stefano Colonna • 1546
Portrait of Pope Clement VII

between 1564 and 1570

Portrait of Pope Clement VII • between 1564 and 1570
Portrait of a Man Holding a Statuette

between 1545 and 1555

Portrait of a Man Holding a Statuette • between 1545 and 1555
Portrait of Andrea Doria as Neptune

between 1550 and 1555

Portrait of Andrea Doria as Neptune • between 1550 and 1555
Cosimo I de' Medici in Armour

1550

Cosimo I de' Medici in Armour • 1550
Noli me tangere

1561

Noli me tangere • 1561
Portrait of the Dwarf Nano Morgante

1552

Portrait of a dwarf Morgantе (Nano Morgante) after restoration.

Portrait of the Dwarf Nano Morgante • 1552
Allegorical Portrait of Dante

1530s

Allegorical Portrait of Dante • 1530s
Portrait of the Dwarf Nano Morgante

1552

Portrait of a dwarf Morgantе (Nano Morgante) after restoration.

Portrait of the Dwarf Nano Morgante • 1552
Portrait of Lorenzo de' Medici

1555-1565

Portrait of Lorenzo de' Medici • 1555-1565