Ugolino Martelli
by BRONZINO, Agnolo, Oil on wood, 102 x 85 cm
This painting is one of the leading examples of Mannerism’s complex, inwardly oriented art. Ugolino, scion of a Florentine banking family, is placed in the courtyard of the family palace, where Donatello’s unfinished David is seen. Ugolino wears the dark attire made fashionable by increasing Spanish influence.