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Past Exhibitions
The Drawings of Bronzino
January 20, 2010–April 18, 2010
Galleries for Drawings, Prints, and Photographs, 2nd floor
This exhibition is the first ever dedicated to Agnolo Bronzino (1503–1572), and presents nearly all the known drawings by or attributed to this leading Italian Mannerist artist, who was active primarily in Florence. A painter, draftsman, academician, and enormously witty poet, Bronzino became famous as the court artist to the Duke Cosimo I de' Medici and his beautiful wife, the Duchess Eleonora di Toledo. This monographic exhibition contains approximately sixty drawings from European and North American collections, many of which have never before been on public view. Accompanied by a catalogue, authored by a team of international scholars, published by the Metropolitan Museum. The exhibition was organized by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, in collaboration with the Gabinetto Disegni e Stampe degli Uffizi and the Polo Museale Fiorentino, Florence. The exhibition is made possible by the Gail and Parker Gilbert Fund. Additional support is provided by Dinah Seiver and Thomas E. Foster. The exhibition is supported by an indemnity from the Federal Council on the Arts and the Humanities. The catalogue is made possible by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
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