A woman wearing a crimson-red brocade dress and gold jewelry fills most of this vertical portrait, but her right hand, on our left, rests on the shoulder of a young boy tucked into the lower left corner of the panel.

Raphael and the Maniera

A Young Woman and Her Little Boy

Agnolo Bronzino

artist Agnolo Bronzino (Florentine, 1503–1572)

date c. 1540

medium Oil on panel

origin Italy

dimensions 99.5 × 76 cm

credit line Widener Collection

hall 09 Raphael and the Maniera

rights public domain (CC0)

National Gallery of Art, Washington Full image

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