By Lambe Lamis 
Italian ‘Mannerist’ painter Agnolo Di Cosmino or Agnolo Bronzino, frequently referred to as II Bronzino, was born on November 17, 1503, in Florence. Bronzino was the pupil of Raffaellino and then the more renowned Pontormo, the major affect in Agnolo’s lifestyle and his artworks, specially his most famous painting, “Venus, Cupid, Folly, and Time.”
About 1545, Agnolo Bronzino painted the ‘Allegorical’ work “Venus, Cupid, Folly, and Time,” on the instance of Cosimo de Medici, the Duke of Florence for presenting it to the Francis I of France. Where by, silky textures & meticulously painted jewels in the portray exhibit sophistication, the nudes in sensuous poses replicate the erotic tastes of the ‘Mannerist Interval.’ The themes of this oil on wood painting, sized 57″ X 46″, are lust, jealousy, and deceit, with some of the figures subject to debate even nowadays. People today have also referred this painting as the “Triumph of Venus,” with its connotations unidentified until day.
Flavored with ‘Symbolism,’ the crucial subjects of “Venus, Cupid, Folly, and Time” are Venus and her son Cupid, who are proven nude, entwining with every single other sensuously, and bathing in while light. The pair symbolizes ‘Lust.’ Cupid is seen fondling Venus’ breast and kissing her lips. Venus is witnessed keeping the ‘Golden Apple,’ she bagged as a prize from the ‘Judgment of Paris,’ and Cupid sports activities his wings and quiver. Cupid is found as a youngster, notably older than the other versions of him, healthy for building enjoy to his mother.
Venus is portrayed as a younger, lovely girl in her twenties, doing exercises total sexual manage of the scandalous condition. Venus’ doves can be observed on the reduce ideal of “Venus, Cupid, Folly, and Time.” A nude boy, in all probability ‘Folly,’ is seen dancing fortunately and throwing bouquets. The bearded, bald guy to the upper right is probably ‘Time,’ owing to an hourglass imaged at his back again. ‘Truth,’ positioned at the upper still left, subordinates ‘Time.’ The old woman, revealed tearing her hair is ‘Jealousy’ or ‘Envy.’ A younger unidentified female with grotesque physique is depicted powering the nude boy. Her still left hand is attached to her appropriate arm and could be she signifies ‘Deceit.’
Acquiring spent most of his vocation existence in Florence, Bronzino was living there with his favorite pupil Alessandro Allori at the time of his loss of life in 1572. Agnolo Bronzino’s masterpiece “Venus, Cupid, Folly, and Time” is presently displayed at the National Gallery, London, United Kingdom.