Bronzino portrait of a young man, oil on panel, 1530s metropolitan museum of. Agnolo di cosimo called bronzino was the leading painter of mid16thcentury florence. Portrait of a young man with a book bronzino, by bronzino, c. Influenced, like many other artists of his generation, by michelangelo, bronzino is classed as a mannerist. One young man holds an expensive book, the other holds a small custom.
Agnolo bronzino 1503 1572 was a florentine painter and one of the greatest portraitists of the 16th century and an outstanding exponent of mannerism in religious art. Portrait of a young man bronzino agnolo di cosimo di. In his portrait of lorenzo lenzi, bronzino embarks on a style of painting capable of rendering the tactile nature of the tunics fabric and a clarity in the modelling of the face, the most direct precedent for which is to be found in this portrait of a young man with a book. There, i saw the painting portrait of a young man, by bronzino. Portrait of a young man with a book lotto, by lorenzo lotto, c. Shop for bronzino art from the worlds greatest living artists. Bronzino managed to remain faithful to pontormos plans for the frescos, relying upon drawings he retrieved from pontormos home. Although the sitter cannot be identified, he is likely a member of bronzinos close circle of literary friends. Agnolo bronzinos portrait of a young man with a book. Portrait of a young man with a book is an artwork on useum. During the mets recent drawings of bronzino show, historians using xray imaging determined that bronzino redrew and repainted the head extensively at some later date. Bronzino believed that he would inherit pontormos estate, and duke cosimo had confirmed this.
Choose your favorite bronzino designs and purchase them as wall art, home decor, phone cases, tote bags, and more. Find more prominent pieces of portrait at best visual art database. The young man holds a book in his hand, symbolizing not only his education. Bronzino s first biographer, giorgio vasari, singled out his portraits. He displays confidence, and his posture displays a no nonsense attitude ideal for a man in the renaissance. Bronzino portrait of a young man, oil on panel, 1530s metropolitan museum of art and bronzino, lodovico capponi, oil on panel, 155055 frick collection speakers. Eventually i went to the second floor and into european art, section 608. Learn about the artist and find an indepth biography, exhibitions, original artworks, the latest news, and sold auction prices. For more information about this painting, including a technical study of the changes bronzino made to the painting. View portrait of a young man with a book by agnolo bronzino. The book provided an etiquette guide for the italian aristocracy and bronzino singlehandedly translated its rules of manners into a visual style befitting of its subjects. Portrait of a young man, bronzino c155055 jonathan jones. This portraitamong bronzino s most arrestingwas painted in the 1530s. Portrait of a young man 1530s metropolitan museum of art.
Other bewitching and beguiling portraits from bronzino s youth to his full maturity are displayed and include portrait of a young man with a book. The portrait of a young man hangs in new yorks metropolitan museum of art and your correspondent visits this picture regularly. Bronzino agnolo di cosimo di mariano portrait of a young man. Bronzino agnolo portrait of a young man with a book. Portrait of a young man with a book by clockworkmultiverse. According to vasari he is the boy on the steps in his teacher pontormos joseph with jacob in egypt, also in the national gallery. Bronzino was born in florence, the son of a butcher. However, each of these theories is in some way problematic, and the young man s identity currently remains a mystery. The sitter of this arresting portrait remains unknown, but he was part of bronzino s close circle of literary friends in florence and probably holds a book of poetry.
It is also notable for the sitters mishandling a book by. Portrait of a young man, bronzino c155055 culture the guardian. The following 15 files are in this category, out of 15. Portrait of a young man agnolo di cosimo di mariano. Agnolo bronzino florence 15031572, portrait of a young. Bronzino s treatment of the young man s fingers reflects the mannerist taste for exaggerated elegance and elongated proportions, while the enameled finish of the flesh tones is typical of mannerist polished virtuosity.
The artist was himself a poet, delighting as much in the beauty of language as he did in the witty and fanciful details of his paintings. Portrait of a young man with a book bronzino wikipedia. A clue may lie in the sculpture of the god bacchus which is revealed behind the pink curtain. It likely depicts a literary friend of the artist holding open a. Portrait of a young man by bronzino, agnolo web gallery of art.
November 17, 1503 november 23, 1572, usually known as bronzino il bronzino il bron. From the metropolitan museum of art, agnolo bronzino, portrait of a young man ca. Bronzino has delineated a sophisticated visual identity for his sitter. This was painted by agnolo bronzino from florence some time in the 1530s. The book held by the sitter in the portrait, the fanciful table. All bronzino artwork ships within 48 hours and includes a 30day moneyback guarantee. Media in category portrait of a young man with a book agnolo bronzino metropolitan museum of art. This arresting portrait of a young man with a book constitutes a remarkable new addition to the oeuvre of agnolo bronzino, considered one of the greatest portrait painters of the italian renaissance. Bronzino painting to be auctioned at christies the new. Media in category portrait of a young man with a book agnolo bronzino metropolitan museum of art the following 15 files are in this category, out of 15 total. In florence, a landmark exhibition of bronzino paintings. Actor, director, musician and bona fide national treasure simon callow chooses a haunting portrait by an italian master. Agnolo bronzino 15031572 was one of the leading representatives of florentine mannerist painting.
Free visual analysis portrait of a young man by bronzino. The portrait of a young man by angolo bronzino recreates he ideal man. The metropolitan museum of art new york city, united states. Portrait of a young man 1530s bronzino agnolo di cosimo di mariano italian the identity of this arrogant young man is unknown, but he must have belonged to bronzino s close circle of literary friends in florence and probably holds a book of poetry. Bronzino paints a portrait of an elegant young man mishandling a.
Agnolo bronzino portrait of a young man with a book artsy. His eleonora of toledo with her son giovanni and portrait of a young girl with a prayer book c. I was immediately drawn to the painting because even from a distance it looked very detailed and well preserved. Portrait of a young man with book 15351540 agnolo bronzino bronzino, agnolo italian 15031572 florentine mannerist painter, also known as. Home artists agnolo bronzino portrait of a young man with book 15351540. Portrait of a young man with a book agnolo bronzino. Portrait of young sculptor sometimes known as the amateur of sculpture portrait of young sculptor sometimes known as the amateur of sculpture. Hall, international cochairman of old master paintings, discusses agnolo bronzinos portrait of a young man with a book. Bronzino portrait of a young man with a book roshani chokshi books in order, portrait of a young man with a book may refer to these paintings. Agnolo bronzino, whose real name was agnolo di cosimo and is most commonly referred to as il bronzino or simply bronzino, was a standout artist of the secondwave of italian mannerism in the middle of the 16th century. This barcode number lets you verify that youre getting exactly the right version or edition of a book. On the other hand, a sense of immediacy is conveyed by the sitters partly open lips, as if he were about to speak. This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the yale university art gallerys complete or current knowledge about the object.
Portrait of a young man wit h a book, by bronzino, c. Painter and poet at the court of the medici by carlo falciani, antonio natali. He stands with book open, the page blank perhaps he dabbles in poetry, perhaps this is the unwritten book of his life. By the 1540s he was regarded as one of the premier portrait painters in florence. Simon callow on why he chose portrait of a young man with a book by bronzino i have been haunted by bronzino s work since my adolescence, above all by the portraits, of which this, of an unknown young man, is among the very finest. Bronzino was the principal portraitist to the court, and one wonders how much his own coldly idealized, polished style of painting may, itself, have contributed to the taste for the marblehard perfection and chilly hauteur of his models. Portrait of a young man by agnolo bronzino paintingplanet. Bronzino and the mannerist portrait video khan academy.
However, the estate was ultimately awarded to a man who falsely claimed to be a relative of pontormos. According to his contemporary vasari, bronzino was a pupil first of raffaellino del garbo, and then of pontormo, to whom he was apprenticed at 14. The sitter of this arresting work, portrait of a young man 1530s remains unknown, but he was part of bronzino s close circle of literary friends in florence, and probable holds a book of poetry. Pontormo is thought to have introduced a portrait of bronzino as a child seated on a step into one of his series on joseph in egypt now in the national gallery, london. His sobriquet, bronzino, in all probability refers to his relatively dark skin.
In other portraits by bronzino the accessories and costumes of. Agnolo bronzino florence 15031572 portrait of a young man with a book oil on poplar panel 37 x 30. Bronzino created a gallery of images of the intellectual society of his day, painting musicians, poets and writers. Portrait of a young man 1530s the metropolitan museum of art. Scan an isbn with your phone use the amazon app to scan isbns and compare prices. The young man in this portrait is not a soft individual. From christies old masters, agnolo bronzino, portrait of a young man with a book, oil on panel, 94. The identity of this arrogant young man is unknown, but he must have belonged. He has on a black doublet with a white shirt underneath. While employed as a court painter in pesaro, branzino was introduced to the hugely influential book il cortegiano. Portrait of a young man with book was created in c. The selfpossessed aloofness of the sitter and the austere elegance of the palace interior are hallmarks of the courtly style of portraiture he created for medicean florence.
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