Agnolo Bronzino (Agnolo di Cosimo), Italian painter.
He was trained with Pontormo, whose Mannerist style he took on, lengthening and sometimes rounding off the shapes to give a harmonious effect to the composition, using also the chiaroscuro technique for the same purpose.
As court painter to the Medici in Florence, he produced large numbers of portraits as well as religious pictures.
Bronzino did sketches for tapestries and frescos, including the "Biblical Scenes" at the Palazzo Vecchio.
The main recurrent aspect of the work of this artist is the soft light which illuminates his figures, especially lighting up their faces and figures, which seem modelled like staues or precious stones.
Бронзино исполнил несколько вариантов композиции.
Картина, хранящаяся в ГМИИ {4856}, предположительно самая ранняя.
Работы Бронзино превосходный пример живописи маньеризма.
Композиция картины необычайно сложна, в ней сочетаются профильный и два разнонаправленных трёхчетвертных ракурса.
Разнонаправленность жестов и движений, перекрещивающийся ритм складок и силуэтов образуют сложный ритм арабески.
