COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
Record
AMICA ID:
MMA_.29.100.16
AMICA Library Year:
2000
Object Type:
Paintings
Creator Name:
Bronzino, Agnolo
Creator Name:
Bronzino, Agnolo
Creator Nationality:
European; Southern European; Italian
Creator Role:
Artist
Creator Dates/Places:
Italian, Florentine, 1503-1572
Creator Name-CRT:
Bronzino (Agnolo di Cosimo di Mariano)
Title:
Portrait of a Young Man
View:
Full View
Creation Date:
1530s
Creation Start Date:
1530
Creation End Date:
1539
Materials and Techniques:
oil on wood
Dimensions:
37 5/8 x 29 1/2 in. (95.6 x 74.9 cm)
AMICA Contributor:
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Owner Location:
New York, New York, USA
ID Number:
29.100.16
Credit Line:
H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929
Context:
This portrait-among Bronzino's most arresting-was painted in the 1530s. The sitter is not known, but he must have belonged to Bronzino's close circle of literary friends, which included the historian Benedetto Varchi and the poet Laura Battiferri, both of whom sat for the artist. Bronzino himself composed verses in the style of Petrarch, and some of the fanciful and witty conceits in this picture-the grotesque heads on the table and chair and the masklike face formed by the youth's breeches-would have been much appreciated in literary circles. The book is doubtless a collection of poems.
Related Image Identifier Link:
MMA_.ep29.100.16.R.tif
Initial Sort:
Bronzino, Agnolo
Portrait of a Young Man
