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Agnolo di Cosimo Tori, known as Bronzino, has been one of the greatest Mannerist painters of the sixteenth century who worked during the governess of Cosimo I de’ Medici. His paintings can be found in numerous museums and churches of Florence.

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Among his numerous art pieces,  his elegant portraits of the main important personalities of his epoque are probably the most famous; with his style, he influenced the European court portraiture for a whole century.  He also painted two idealized portraits of Dante and Petrarca.

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Bronzino decorated the Chapel of Eleanora di Toledo in the Palazzo Vecchio, with some religious themes. These frescoes are a perfect example of the mid-16th-century aesthetics of the Florentine court, traditionally interpreted as highly-stylized and non-personal or emotive.

 

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