Detail of the hand of young man holding a medal. He wears a black and white and stands in front of a green cloth. The image is surrounded by a reddish frame with the title of the book Bronzino's Ludovico Capponi and the names of the authors: Daniel Mendelsohn and Aimee Ng.

Bronzino's Lodovico Capponi (Frick Diptych Series)

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Expected release date is Jun 1st 2023

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This latest volume in the Frick Diptych series highlights one of the Frick’s most enigmatic and beguiling works—Bronzino’s portrait of Lodovico Capponi, a young Florentine from an old and prestigious family. An informative and engaging text by Frick Curator Aimee Ng is paired with a moving piece by the acclaimed author, critic, and essayist Daniel Mendelsohn.

Publisher: The Frick Collection in association with D Giles Limited

Hardcover, 7 1/4 x 9 1/2 in., 72 pages, 38 color illustrations

Frick Diptych Series

Designed to foster critical engagement and interest specialist and non-specialist alike, each book in this series illuminates a single work in the Frick’s rich collection with an essay by a Frick curator paired with a contribution from a contemporary artist or writer.

“Since 2018 The Frick Collection, New York, has delighted readers with its Diptych series . . . They manage to be simultaneously accessible and informative . . . while offering readers the amusing challenge of discerning the clever rationale behind each pairing.”

—Yuriko Jackall, The Burlington Magazine, September 2022

 

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Publisher:
The Frick Collection in association with D Giles Limited
9781913875350:
9781913875350