Portrait of a Young Man with a Book (Bronzino) explained

Portrait of a Young Man with a Book
Artist:	Agnolo Bronzino
Year:	1530s
Type:	oil on wood
Height Metric:	95,6
Width Metric:	74,9
City:	New York
Museum:	Metropolitan Museum

The Portrait of a Young Man with a Book is an oil on board painting by Agnolo Bronzino, dated to the 1530s.^[1] It likely depicts a literary friend of the artist holding open a collection of poetry. It entered the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York in 1929, where it is still held.

Bibliography

• The Metropolitan Museum of Art Guide, The Metropolitan Museum of Art/Yale University Press, New York/New Haven 1994/2005.

External links

• Metropolitan Museum of Art.org: official Portrait of a Young Man with a Book catalogue webpage

Notes and References

1. Metropolitan Museum of Art.