Agnolo Bronzino
Monticelli, 1503 - 1572, Florence
Italian painter and poet. He dominated Florentine painting from the 1530s to the 1560s. He was court artist to Cosimo I de’ Medici, and his sophisticated style and extraordinary technical ability were ideally suited to the needs and ideals of his ducal patron. He was a leading decorator, and his religious subjects and mythological scenes epitomize the grace of the high maniera style; his cool and highly disciplined portraits perfectly convey the atmosphere of the Medici court and of an intellectual élite.
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Florence, 1483 - 1540, Florence
Florence, 1425 - 1498, Borgo alla Collina
near Treviso, about 1459 - 1517, Conegliano or Venice
Florence, about 1456 - 1536, Florence