Portrait of the Dwarf Nano Morgante is a 1552 double-sided painting by the Italian Mannerist painter Bronzino offering front and back views on either side of the canvas of Nano Morgante (nickname of Braccio di Bartolo) the famed court dwarf of Cosimo I de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany who is also immortalized in Valerio Cioli's Fontana del Bacchino at the Boboli Gardens in Florence.
It portrays Morgante on both sides as a bird-catcher, as he was not permitted to hunt bigger game, this being a pursuit reserved for persons of greater echelon.
A duo of rare swallowtail butterflies cover his genitals; these were discovered recently, when the painting was last restored.
At this time Bronzino was involved in the great Florentine debate laid down by Giorgio Vasari called "Paragone", sculpture versus painting.
In 2010 this work was restored, after many years of neglect, and placed on permanent display in its own glass case in the Palazzo Pitti.