Life Bronzino



venus, cupid, folly , time, c. 1544–45, london, national gallery


bronzino born in florence, son of butcher. according contemporary vasari, bronzino pupil first of raffaellino del garbo, , of pontormo, whom apprenticed @ 14. pontormo thought have introduced portrait of bronzino child (seated on step) 1 of series on joseph in egypt in national gallery, london. pontormo exercised dominant influence on bronzino s developing style, , 2 remain collaborators of former s life. example of bronzino s hand has been detected in capponi chapel in church of santa felicita ponte vecchio in florence. pontormo designed interior , executed altarpiece, masterly deposition cross , sidewall fresco annunciation. bronzino apparently assigned frescoes on dome, have not survived. of 4 empanelled tondi or roundels depicting each of evangelists, 2 said vasari have been painted bronzino. style similar master s scholars still debate specific attributions.


towards end of life, bronzino took prominent part in activities of florentine accademia delle arti del disegno, of founding member in 1563.


the painter alessandro allori favourite pupil, , bronzino living in allori family house @ time of death in florence in 1572 (alessandro father of cristofano allori). bronzino spent majority of career in florence.



eleonora di toledo col figlio giovanni, 1544–45, oil on wood, uffizi gallery, florence








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