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BRONZINO, Agnolo: Portrait of Bartolomeo Panciatichi

🖼 Portrait of Bartolomeo Panciatichi, c. 1540
Oil on wood
104 × 84 cm
Florence, Italy

Rendered in cool tones, the sitter gazes directly outward against a dark background, his jeweled hand resting on a letter. Bronzino's precise technique and psychological intensity define Mannerist portraiture, capturing both aristocratic status and intellectual complexity through restrained elegance.

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E. H. Gombrich
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