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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“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

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 Aimee Ng is paired with a moving piece by the acclaimed author, critic, and essayist Daniel Mendelsohn.

Authors: Daniel Mendelsohn and Aimee Ng

Publisher: The Frick Collection in association with D Giles Limited

Hardcover, 7 3/4 x 9 1/2 in., 72 pages, 38 color illustrations

ISBN: 9781913875350

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.