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Bronzino — A Young Woman and Her Little Boy
Bronzino

A Young Woman and Her Little Boy

1540

A magnificent Renaissance portrait by Bronzino depicting an elegantly dressed noblewoman in an elaborate crimson damask gown with puffed sleeves and ornate gold trim, accompanied by a young child. The sitter wears luxurious jewelry and an ornamental headdress, painted with Bronzino's characteristic refined precision and cool palette. Set against a rich green drapery background, this work exemplifies the artist's mastery of courtly portraiture and textile rendering that made him the preeminent portrait painter of the Medici court.

Medium
Oil on panel

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Bronzino, A Young Woman and Her Little Boy, 1540

A magnificent Renaissance portrait by Bronzino depicting an elegantly dressed noblewoman in an elaborate crimson damask gown with puffed sleeves and ornate gold trim, accompanied by a young child. The sitter wears luxurious jewelry and an ornamental headdress, painted with Bronzino's characteristic refined precision and cool palette. Set against a rich green drapery background, this work exemplifies the artist's mastery of courtly portraiture and textile rendering that made him the preeminent portrait painter of the Medici court.

Medium
Oil on panel
Year
1540
Seen at
National Gallery Of Art, Washington DC

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Old Master, Italian, Portrait, 16th Century, Mannerism, Painting, Figurative, Renaissance

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