Agnolo Bronzino (alternatively: Agnolo di Cosimo Bronzino.)
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Lamentation, The composition is an arched panel with a central Pieta scene with two flanking columns; the Annunciation is shown by the two arched panels with the Archangel Gabriel on the left of the Pieta scene and the Virgin Mary on the right. Above in the space between the overarching frame and the other arches are two other Biblical figures. The Pieta scene consists of the following is a copy of a Bronzino composition. This painting shows Christ after his death on the cross. He is held by Saint John the Evangelist on the far left in a yellow cloak, who holds up his head and chest; Saint Mary Magdalene in a blue gown and red cape has hit feet on the far right; and Mary the Mother of Christ in blue veil and cloak holds her son's chest and has him seated on her lap. Surrounding the scene are various saints, identified by their attributes. Above there are putti--winged, nude infants--flying the cross, nails, and spears--the instruments of the Passion--away from the scene. This is a devotional image, meant to conjure emotion with its dramatized emotion rendered in the figures. The scene's composition in the Baroque style with its hunched and cramped figures in an awkward style that is meant to increase the increase the intensity and energy of the scene. Furthermore, since all of these saints were believers in Christ after his death, they could not have been present for the deposition. Instead, they are shown to venerate the scene in the spiritual sense. This is a basic record created to enable public access to scanned images. Full research on this image is pending., 1545-1555
Vanderbilt photo identifier: SC.MSS.088.FLOR.10720; Public Notes: The Pieta scene is a replica of that which is in the Musee des Beaux Arts, Besançon, France. This work is located in the Chapel of Eleanor of Toledo in the Palazzo Vecchio.
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