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BRONZINO, Agnolo: Portrait of Pierantonio Bandini

🖼 Portrait of Pierantonio Bandini, 1550-55
Oil on wood
107 × 83 cm
Ottawa, Canada

Rendered in cool tones and precise detail, this young man gazes directly outward, his elegant black garment contrasting sharply against the neutral background. Bronzino's Florentine portrait exemplifies Mannerist refinement, capturing aristocratic identity through psychological intensity and impeccable draftsmanship that defined sixteenth-century portraiture.

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E. H. Gombrich
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