# Study of a Young Man with a Lute [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [BRONZINO, Agnolo]() - Date: 1501-1550 - Technique: Black chalk, 264 x 187 mm ## Commentary The drawing is squared in black chalk for enlargement and cut to an arched top. it relates to the <a onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/b/bronzino/2/man\_lute.html'\)" href="/html/b/bronzino/2/man\_lute.html">Young Man with a Lute</a> in the Uffizi. This painting is notable for its architectural setting and wood paneling. Pontormo adopted the latter feature for his <a onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/p/pontormo/3/12medici.html'\)" href="/html/p/pontormo/3/12medici.html">Alessandro de' Medici.</a> However, in their preparatory drawings for portraits neither Pontormo nor Bronzino showed any interest in the surroundings in which they placed their sitters. In the present drawing Bronzino mainly worked out the pose, which is clearly derived from <a onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/m/michelan/1sculptu/medici/1giulia2.html'\)" href="/html/m/michelan/1sculptu/medici/1giulia2.html">Michelangelo's statue of Giuliano de' Medici.</a> ## Related artworks - [A Young Woman and Her Little Boy]() - [Adoration of the Shepherds \(detail\)]() - [Adoration of the Shepherds \(detail\)]() - [Adoration of the Shepherds \(detail\)]() - [Adoration of the Shepherds \(detail\)]() - [Adoration of the Shepherds]() - [Alessandro de' Medici]() - [Allegory of Happiness]() - [Altarpiece]() - [Altarpiece]() - [Angel of the Annunciation]() - [Cosimo I de' Medici as Orpheus]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()