Portrait of Stefano Colonna

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Portrait of Stefano IV Colonna
ArtistBronzino
Yearcirca 1546
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions125 cm × 95 cm (49 in × 37 in)
LocationGallerie Nazionali di Arte Antica, Rome

Portrait of Stefano IV Colonna is an oil on canvas painting completed by the Italian Renaissance painter Bronzino and housed in the Pinacoteca of the Gallerie Nazionali di Arte Antica (Palazzo Barberini) in Rome, Italy.

Description

The portrait of the

Duke Cosimo de' Medici
.

The portrait is similar to the 1530 portrait by Bronzino depicting

Guidobaldo della Rovere, a painting held in the Palazzo Pitti. Colonna is girded with his dark armor and sword, with hand upon his helmet, standing before a column and red curtain. The condotierre died in 1548.[1]

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