Bronzino’s Portrait of a Young Man

Bronzino’s Portrait of a Young Man

He may be wondering why
Bronzino put a gargoyle finial
on the arm of the chair off his left wrist

Or he may be pondering how
to finish that Petrarchan
sonnet about Andrea

But I think what he’ll always wonder
after seeing his portrait for the first time
hanging in Piero’s studio

is why Bronzino did not-

when he could,
with but a few brush strokes –
correct his strabismus.

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Source:
http://www.metmuseum.org/Collections/search-the-collections/110000235

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