Agnolo Bronzino (Agnolo di Cosimo)
(Italian, 1503–1572)
Place ActiveFlorence, Italy, Europe
SchoolMannerist
BiographyAgnolo di Cosimo di Mariano, called Bronzino, was court painter to Duke Cosimo I de’ Medici and became the foremost portraitist of Florence. He also executed religious and allegorical subjects as well as decorations for Medici festivities.Source: Art in The Frick Collection: Paintings, Sculpture, Decorative Arts, New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1996.
