Portrait of Stefano Colonna
Portrait of Stefano IV Colonna | |
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Artist | Bronzino |
Year | circa 1546 |
Medium | Oil on canvas |
Dimensions | 125 cm × 95 cm (49 in × 37 in) |
Location | Gallerie 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]