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Agnolo Bronzino

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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.

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Artworks (10)

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

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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

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

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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10 published of 10 catalogued · 8 with image

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Cleveland Museum of Art
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Art Institute Chicago
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Man's Head from the Back
1500 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Portrait of a Woman
1550 · 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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