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BRONZINO, Agnolo: Portrait of a Lady

🖼 Portrait of a Lady, c. 1550
Oil on wood
109 × 85 cm
Turin, Italy

Jewel-toned silks and precise draftsmanship reveal a noblewoman of austere beauty, her gaze direct and penetrating against a cool, geometrically austere background. Bronzino's icy formality epitomizes Mannerist portraiture, where psychological distance and aristocratic refinement replace Renaissance warmth.

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