Florentine Mannerist painter Agnolo Bronzino was the pupil and adopted son of
renowned artist Pontormo. He was court painter to Duke Cosimo I de Medici for most of his career,
and his work influenced the course of European court portraiture for a century. Cold, cultured, and unemotionally
analytical, his portraits convey a sense of almost insolent assurance. Bronzino was also a poet, and his most personal portraits are perhaps those of other
literary figures. Click on the following thumbnails to view Agnolo Bronzino's works.
Portrait of a Lady in Green 1530-1532
Adoration of the Shepherds
1535-1540
Woman with a Puppy
1532-1536
Lucrezia Panciatichi
1540
Bia, The Illegitimate Daughter of Cosimo I de' Medici
1542
Portrait of a Young Girl with a Prayer Book
1541-1545
Eleonora of Toledo with her son Giovanni de' Medici
1550
