Bronzino and the Mannerist Portrait

David Drogin and Beth Harris provide a description, historical perspective, and analysis of two of Bronzino’s paintings: Portrait of a Young Man and Lodovico Capponi.

Works Discussed

Bronzino, Portrait of a Young Man,1530s, oil on wood, 37 5/8″ × 29 1/2″ (95.6 × 74.9 cm), (Metropolitan Museum of Art).

Bronzino, Lodovico Capponi, 1550–55, oil on panel, 45 7/8″× 33 3/4″, (116.5× 85.7 cm), (Frick Collection).