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Agnolo di Cosimo (Italian: [ˈaɲɲolo di ˈkɔːzimo]; November 17, 1503 – November 23, 1572), usually known as Bronzino (Italian: Il Bronzino [il bronˈdziːno]) or Agnolo Bronzino, was an Italian Mannerist painter from Florence.
He lived all his life in Florence, and from his late 30s was kept busy as the court painter of Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany. He was mainly a portraitist but also painted many religious subjects, and a few allegorical subjects, which include what is probably his best known work, Venus, Cupid, Folly and Time, c. 1544–45, now in London. Many portraits of the Medicis exist in several versions with varying degrees of participation by Bronzino himself, as Cosimo was a pioneer of the copied portrait sent as a diplomatic gift.
St. Mark (c. 1525) - Oil on Wood, Capponi Chapel, Santa Felicita, Florence
St. Matthew (c. 1525) - Oil on Wood, Capponi Chapel, Santa Felicita, Florence
St. Sebastian (1525–28) - Oil on panel, 87 x 77 cm, Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid
Portrait of Lorenzo Lenzi (1527–28) - Oil on panel, castello Sforzesco, Milan
Pietà (c. 1530) - Oil on panel, 105 x 100 cm, Uffizi, Florence
Portrait of Dante (1530) - Oil on panel, Milan
Portrait of a Lady in Green (1530–32) - Oil on panel, 76,7 x 65,4 cm, Royal Collection, Windsor
Holy Family (1534–40) - Oil on wood, 124.5 x 99.5 cm, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
Adoration of the Shepherds (1535–1540) - Oil on wood, 65,3 x 46,7 cm, Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest
Portrait of Ugolino Martelli (before 1537) - Oil on panel, 102 x 85 cm, State Museums, Berlin
Portrait of Bartolomeo Panciatichi (c. 1540) - Tempera on wood, 104 x 84 cm, Uffizi, Florence
Holy Family (c. 1540) - Oil on wood, 117 x 93 cm, Uffizi, Florence
Portrait of a Young Man with a Book (c. 1540) - Oil on wood, 96 x 75 cm, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Venus, Cupid, Folly and Time (Allegory; 1540–45) - Oil on panel, 146 x 116 cm, National Gallery, London
Adoration of the Bronze Snake (1540–45) - Fresco, 320 x 385 cm, Palazzo Vecchio, Florence
Deposition of Christ (1540–45) - Oil on panel, 268 x 173 cm, Musée des Beaux- Arts, Besançon
Alessandro de Médici (1540-1553) Oil on panel, 34,90 x 26,20 cm, Museum Cerralbo, Madrid.
Crossing of the Red Sea (1541–42) - Fresco, 320 x 490 cm, Palazzo Vecchio, Florence
Portrait of a Young Girl (1541–45) - Oil on wood, 58 x 46,5 cm, Uffizi, Florence
Portrait of Bia de' Medici (c. 1542) - Tempera on panel, 63 x 48 cm, Uffizi, Florence
Portrait of Cosimo I de' Medici (1545) - Oil on panel, 74 x 58 cm, Uffizi, Florence
Portrait of Cosimo I de' Medici (c.1545) - Oil on panel, 76,5 x 59 cm, Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid.
Portrait of Giovanni de' Medici as a Child (c. 1545) - Oil on wood, 58 x 46 cm, Uffizi, Florence
Portrait of Eleanor of Toledo (c. 1545) - Oil on panel, 115 x 96 cm, Uffizi, Florence
Portrait of Lucrezia Panciatichi (c. 1545) - Oil on panel, 101 x 82.8 cm, Uffizi, Florence
Christ on the Cross (c. 1545) - Oil on panel, 145 x 115 cm, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Nice
Portrait of Stefano Colonna (1546) - Oil on panel, 125 x 95 cm, Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, Rome
Portrait of Don Garcia de' Medici (1550) - Oil on panel, Museo del Prado, Madrid
Portrait of a Lady (c. 1550) - Oil on wood, 109 x 85 cm, Galleria Sabauda, Turin
Venus, Cupid and Jealousy (or Envy) (c. 1550) - Oil on wood, 192 x 142 cm, Szépművészeti Múzeum, Budapest
Portrait of Andrea Doria as Neptune (1550–1555) - Oil on canvas, 115 x 53 cm, Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan
St. John the Baptist (1550–1555) - Oil on wood, 120 x 92 cm, Galleria Borghese, Rome
Portrait of Pierantonio Bandini (c.1550–1555) - Oil on wood, 106,7 x 82,5 cm, National Gallery of Canada
Portrait of Francesco I de' Medici (1551) - Tempera on wood, 58.5 x 41.5 cm, Uffizi, Florence
Portrait of Maria de' Medici (1551) - Tempera on wood, 52.5 x 38 cm, Uffizi, Florence
Portrait of Ludovico Capponi (1551) - Oil on wood, 117 x 86 cm, Frick Collection, New York
Christ in Limbo, 1552, Florence, Museo dell'Opera di Santa Croce
Holy Family (1555–1560) - Tempera on wood, 117 x 99 cm, Pushkin Museum, Moscow
Portrait of Laura Battiferri (1555–1560) - Oil on canvas, 83 x 60 cm, Palazzo Vecchio, Florence
Noli me tangere (1561) - Oil on canvas, 291 x 195 cm, Musée du Louvre, Paris
Allegory of Happiness (1564) - Oil on copper, 40 x 30 cm, Uffizi, Florence
Portrait of the Dwarf Morgante (1564)
Deposition of Christ (1565) - Oil on wood, 350 x 235 cm, Galleria dell'Accademia, Florence
Martyrdom of St. Lawrence (1569) - Fresco, San Lorenzo, Florence
Music:
Bach The Well Tempered Clavier
musopen.org/music/43466-the-well-tempered-clavier-book-i-bwv-846-869
Agnolo di Cosimo (Italian: [ˈaɲɲolo di ˈkɔːzimo]; November 17, 1503 – November 23, 1572), usually known as Bronzino (Italian: Il Bronzino [il bronˈdziːno]) or Agnolo Bronzino, was an Italian Mannerist painter from Florence.
He lived all his life in Florence, and from his late 30s was kept busy as the court painter of Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany. He was mainly a portraitist but also painted many religious subjects, and a few allegorical subjects, which include what is probably his best known work, Venus, Cupid, Folly and Time, c. 1544–45, now in London. Many portraits of the Medicis exist in several versions with varying degrees of participation by Bronzino himself, as Cosimo was a pioneer of the copied portrait sent as a diplomatic gift.
St. Mark (c. 1525) - Oil on Wood, Capponi Chapel, Santa Felicita, Florence
St. Matthew (c. 1525) - Oil on Wood, Capponi Chapel, Santa Felicita, Florence
St. Sebastian (1525–28) - Oil on panel, 87 x 77 cm, Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid
Portrait of Lorenzo Lenzi (1527–28) - Oil on panel, castello Sforzesco, Milan
Pietà (c. 1530) - Oil on panel, 105 x 100 cm, Uffizi, Florence
Portrait of Dante (1530) - Oil on panel, Milan
Portrait of a Lady in Green (1530–32) - Oil on panel, 76,7 x 65,4 cm, Royal Collection, Windsor
Holy Family (1534–40) - Oil on wood, 124.5 x 99.5 cm, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
Adoration of the Shepherds (1535–1540) - Oil on wood, 65,3 x 46,7 cm, Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest
Portrait of Ugolino Martelli (before 1537) - Oil on panel, 102 x 85 cm, State Museums, Berlin
Portrait of Bartolomeo Panciatichi (c. 1540) - Tempera on wood, 104 x 84 cm, Uffizi, Florence
Holy Family (c. 1540) - Oil on wood, 117 x 93 cm, Uffizi, Florence
Portrait of a Young Man with a Book (c. 1540) - Oil on wood, 96 x 75 cm, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Venus, Cupid, Folly and Time (Allegory; 1540–45) - Oil on panel, 146 x 116 cm, National Gallery, London
Adoration of the Bronze Snake (1540–45) - Fresco, 320 x 385 cm, Palazzo Vecchio, Florence
Deposition of Christ (1540–45) - Oil on panel, 268 x 173 cm, Musée des Beaux- Arts, Besançon
Alessandro de Médici (1540-1553) Oil on panel, 34,90 x 26,20 cm, Museum Cerralbo, Madrid.
Crossing of the Red Sea (1541–42) - Fresco, 320 x 490 cm, Palazzo Vecchio, Florence
Portrait of a Young Girl (1541–45) - Oil on wood, 58 x 46,5 cm, Uffizi, Florence
Portrait of Bia de' Medici (c. 1542) - Tempera on panel, 63 x 48 cm, Uffizi, Florence
Portrait of Cosimo I de' Medici (1545) - Oil on panel, 74 x 58 cm, Uffizi, Florence
Portrait of Cosimo I de' Medici (c.1545) - Oil on panel, 76,5 x 59 cm, Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid.
Portrait of Giovanni de' Medici as a Child (c. 1545) - Oil on wood, 58 x 46 cm, Uffizi, Florence
Portrait of Eleanor of Toledo (c. 1545) - Oil on panel, 115 x 96 cm, Uffizi, Florence
Portrait of Lucrezia Panciatichi (c. 1545) - Oil on panel, 101 x 82.8 cm, Uffizi, Florence
Christ on the Cross (c. 1545) - Oil on panel, 145 x 115 cm, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Nice
Portrait of Stefano Colonna (1546) - Oil on panel, 125 x 95 cm, Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Antica, Rome
Portrait of Don Garcia de' Medici (1550) - Oil on panel, Museo del Prado, Madrid
Portrait of a Lady (c. 1550) - Oil on wood, 109 x 85 cm, Galleria Sabauda, Turin
Venus, Cupid and Jealousy (or Envy) (c. 1550) - Oil on wood, 192 x 142 cm, Szépművészeti Múzeum, Budapest
Portrait of Andrea Doria as Neptune (1550–1555) - Oil on canvas, 115 x 53 cm, Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan
St. John the Baptist (1550–1555) - Oil on wood, 120 x 92 cm, Galleria Borghese, Rome
Portrait of Pierantonio Bandini (c.1550–1555) - Oil on wood, 106,7 x 82,5 cm, National Gallery of Canada
Portrait of Francesco I de' Medici (1551) - Tempera on wood, 58.5 x 41.5 cm, Uffizi, Florence
Portrait of Maria de' Medici (1551) - Tempera on wood, 52.5 x 38 cm, Uffizi, Florence
Portrait of Ludovico Capponi (1551) - Oil on wood, 117 x 86 cm, Frick Collection, New York
Christ in Limbo, 1552, Florence, Museo dell'Opera di Santa Croce
Holy Family (1555–1560) - Tempera on wood, 117 x 99 cm, Pushkin Museum, Moscow
Portrait of Laura Battiferri (1555–1560) - Oil on canvas, 83 x 60 cm, Palazzo Vecchio, Florence
Noli me tangere (1561) - Oil on canvas, 291 x 195 cm, Musée du Louvre, Paris
Allegory of Happiness (1564) - Oil on copper, 40 x 30 cm, Uffizi, Florence
Portrait of the Dwarf Morgante (1564)
Deposition of Christ (1565) - Oil on wood, 350 x 235 cm, Galleria dell'Accademia, Florence
Martyrdom of St. Lawrence (1569) - Fresco, San Lorenzo, Florence
Music:
Bach The Well Tempered Clavier
musopen.org/music/43466-the-well-tempered-clavier-book-i-bwv-846-869
