The Drawings of Bronzino

About this book

Drawings by the great Italian Mannerist painter and poet Agnolo Bronzino (1503-1572) are extremely rare. This important and beautiful publication brings together for the first time nearly all of the sixty drawings attributed to this leading draftsman of the 16th century. Each drawing is illustrated in color discussed in detail and shown with many comparative photographs. Bronzinos technical virtuosity as a draftsman and his mastery of anatomy and perspective are vividly apparent in each stroke of the chalk pen or brush. The younger generations of Florentine artists particularly admired Bronzino for his technical virtuosity as a painter and Giorgio Vasari praised him for his powers as a disegnatore (designer and draftsman). Published in association with The Metropolitan Museum of Art Exhibition Schedule: The Metropolitan Museum of Art (1/20/10 4/18/10)