BRONZINO, Agnolo
(b. 1503, Firenze, d. 1572, Firenze)

Portrait of Ludovico Capponi

1551
Oil on wood, 117 x 86 cm
Frick Collection, New York

The young Ludovico Capponi (1534-1614) is depicted at the age of seventeen. His black and white clothes allude to the colours of his family's coat-of-arms.