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Bronzino

?–1572

WA-00020012

Florence

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WikidataQ7803

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BiographyWikidata· 70%
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Death yearWikidata· 70%
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Profile imageWikidata· 70%

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Why this artist matters now

Agnolo di Cosimo, usually known as Bronzino or Agnolo Bronzino, was an Italian Mannerist painter from Florence. His sobriquet, Bronzino, may refer to his relatively dark skin or reddish hair.

Source: Wikidata · Trust score: 40% · Updated 2mo ago

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago

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Artworks (12)

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Seated Male Nude (Study for the Martyrdom of St. Lawrence)

1565 · Black chalk, glued onto secondary support

maximum sheet: 13 x 18 3/16 in. (33 x 46.2 cm), corners cropped.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Academic Male Nude

1565 · Black chalk on cream laid paper

28.1 × 17.4 cm (11 1/8 × 6 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Nativity

1553 · engraving

Overall: 67.5 x 45.6 cm (26 9/16 x 17 15/16 in.); Part 1: 32.9 x 45 cm (12 15/16 x 17 11/16 in.); Part 2: 34 x 45.6 cm (13 3/8 x 17 15/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Portrait of a Woman

1550 · oil on wood

Framed: 81.6 x 68.5 x 6.7 cm (32 1/8 x 26 15/16 x 2 5/8 in.); Unframed: 60 x 48.8 cm (23 5/8 x 19 3/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Head of a Bearded, Young Man in Profile Facing Right

1545 · Black chalk on light brown paper

8 1/4 x 6 1/4 in. (21 x 15.8 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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Study of a Left Leg and Drapery

1545 · Black chalk

15 3/8 x 10 in. (39.1 x 25.4 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Study of a Young Woman in Three-quarter Bust-Length

1535 · Black chalk

Sheet: 7 5/8 × 5 5/16 in. (19.4 × 13.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Portrait of a Young Man

1530 · Oil on wood

37 5/8 x 29 1/2 in. (95.6 x 74.9 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Virgin and Child with the Young Saint John the Baptist

1525 · Oil on panel

81.6 × 57.4 cm (32 1/8 × 22 5/8 in.); Framed: 102.6 × 78.8 × 7.7 cm (40 3/8 × 31 × 3 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Cosimo I de' Medici (1519–1574)

1523 · Oil on wood

37 3/4 x 27 3/4 in. (95.9 x 70.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Cosimo I de' Medici (1519–1574)

1523 · Oil on wood

37 3/4 x 27 3/4 in. (95.9 x 70.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Man's Head from the Back

1500 · red chalk with red and white gouache

Sheet: 19.4 x 12.8 cm (7 5/8 x 5 1/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

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Artwork sources (4)

12 published of 42 catalogued · 39 with image

The Met
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Cleveland Museum of Art
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Art Institute Chicago
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+ 1 more source · 30 catalogued, not yet published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 3)

3 entries · 1 sources

Portrait of a Woman
1550 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Man's Head from the Back
1500 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
The Nativity
1553 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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Man's Head from the Back (16th century?)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland Museum of Art

Art Institute of Chicago

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art Cleveland Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago

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