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Bronzino’s ‘Petrarch’ retrieved: new light on Bartolomeo Bettini’s ‘camera’
01/2023 | 1438 | 165
Pages: 16-41
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Author:
Stumpel, Jeroen (Stumpel, Jeroen; Stumpel, Jeroem)
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Illustrations
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1 and 2. Portraits of Dante and Petrarch published as works by Pontormo. (From L’arte, November 1941, pp.xvii and xix).
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10. Venus and Cupid, by Jacopo Pontormo, based on a cartoon by Michelangelo. c.1532–33. Oil on panel, 194 by 128 cm. (Galleria dell’Accademia, Florence; Bridgeman Images).
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11. Detail of Fig.6, probably showing Petrarch’s house in the Vaucluse.
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12. Detail of Fig.6, showing a lira da braccio tied to a laurel tree.
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13. Detail of Fig.6, showing Petrarch holding an open book.
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14. Proposed reconstruction of original placement of Figs.3 and 8.
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15. Cosimo I de’ Medici as Orpheus, by Agnolo Bronzino. c.1537–39. Oil on canvas, 93.7 by 76.4 cm. (Philadelphia Museum of Art; Bridgeman Images).
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16. Six Tuscan poets, by Giorgio Vasari. c.1544. Oil on panel, 132.1 by 131.1 cm. (Minneapolis Institute of Art; Bridgeman Images).
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17. Petrarch, by a follower of Cristofano di Papi dell’Altissimo. c.1560. Oil on panel, 63 by 49 cm. (Palazzo Pitti, Florence; courtesy Gabinetto Fotografico delle Gallerie degli Uffizi).
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18. Dante, by a follower of Cristofano di Papi dell’Altissimo. c.1560. Oil on panel, 63 by 49 cm. (Palazzo Pitti, Florence; courtesy Gabinetto Fotografico delle Gallerie degli Uffizi).
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19. Boccaccio, by a follower of Cristofano di Papi dell’Altissimo. c.1560. Oil on panel, 65 by 51 cm. (Palazzo Pitti, Florence; courtesy Gabinetto Fotografico delle Gallerie degli Uffizi).
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20. Proposed reconstruction of Figs.3, 8 and 22 as they might have appeared in the camera of Bartolomeo Bettini.
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21. Allegorical portrait of Dante, by Carlo Dolci after Agnolo Bronzino. Red and black chalk on paper, 23.2 by 20.1 cm. (Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge; Bridgeman Images).
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22. Boccaccio holding a copy of the ‘Decameron’, attributed to a follower of Cristofano di Papi dell’Altissimo. c.1570. Oil on canvas, 70 by 94.2 cm. (Private collection).
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23. Detail of Ugolino Martelli, by Agnolo Bronzino, showing the sitter’s left hand. 1536–37. (Gemäldegalerie, Berlin; Bridgeman Images).
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24. Detail of Laura Battiferro, by Agnolo Bronzino, showing the sitter’s right hand. 1552. (Palazzo Vecchio, Florence; Bridgeman Images).
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25. Detail of Fig.22, showing Boccaccio’s hands.
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26. Detail of Guidobaldo della Rovere, by Agnolo Bronzino, showing the sitter’s right hand. c.1544–45. (Palazzo Pitti, Florence; Bridgeman Images).
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3. Allegorical portrait of Dante, by Agnolo Bronzino. c.1532. Oil on canvas, 130 by 136 cm. (Private collection).
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4. Dante Alighieri, attributed to Giovanbattista Naldini. 1550–1600. Oil on panel. (Photograph Fondazione Federico Zeri, Bologna).
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5. Petrarch, attributed to Giovanbattista Naldini. 1550–1600. Oil on panel. (Photograph Fondazione Federico Zeri, Bologna).
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6. Detail of Fig.8, showing Petrarch’s face.
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7. Detail of Fig.5, showing Petrarch’s face.
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8. Allegorical portrait of Petrarch, here attributed to a follower of Bronzino. c.1550? Oil on canvas, 110.6 by 124 cm. (Private collection).
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9. Allegorical portrait of Dante, by the workshop of Bronzino. 1 550–1600? Oil on panel, 126.9 by 120 cm. (National Gallery of Art, Washington).