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Bronzinos Lodovico Capponi Mendelsohn Daniel New volume in the Frick Diptych series pairs an essay by Frick curator Aimee Ng with a contribution by bestselling author Daniel Mendelsohn.Painted by…
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Bronzinos Lodovico Capponi Mendelsohn Daniel
New volume in the Frick Diptych series pairs an essay by Frick curator Aimee Ng with a contribution by bestselling author Daniel Mendelsohn.Painted by Agnolo Bronzino (Agnolo di Cosimo) (Italian, 1503-1572) ca. 1533), a page at the Medici court. 1550-55, the young aristocrat is Lodovico Capponi (b.
His right index finger partially conceals the cameo he holds, revealing only the inscription sorte (fate or fortune) -- an ingenious allusion to the obscurity of fate. As was his custom, he wears black and white, his family's armorial colors. In the mid 1550s Lodovico fell in love with a girl whom Duke Cosimo had intended for one of his cousins.
After nearly three years of opposition, Cosimo suddenly relented, but he commanded that their wedding be celebrated within twenty-four
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