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BRONZINO, Agnolo: Portrait of the Dwarf Morgante

🖼 Portrait of the Dwarf Morgante, -
Oil on canvas
Florence, Italy

Rendered with meticulous detail, a small figure stands nude against dark background, displaying both dignity and physical difference. Bronzino's portrait challenges Renaissance ideals by presenting a court dwarf as a serious subject worthy of artistic honor.

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E. H. Gombrich
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