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Pontormo
Italian Mannerist Painter, 1494-ca.1556
Italian painter and draughtsman. He was the leading painter in mid-16th-century Florence and one of the most original and extraordinary of Mannerist artists. His eccentric personality, solitary and slow working habits and capricious attitude towards his patrons are described by Vasari; his own diary, which covers the years 1554-6, further reveals a character with neurotic and secretive aspects. Pontormo enjoyed the protection of the Medici family throughout his career but, unlike Agnolo Bronzino and Giorgio Vasari, did not become court painter. His subjective portrait style did not lend itself to the state portrait. He produced few mythological works and after 1540 devoted himself almost exclusively to religious subjects. His drawings, mainly figure studies in red and black chalk, are among the highest expressions of the great Florentine tradition of draughtsmanship; close to 400 survive, forming arguably the most important body of drawings by a Mannerist painter.
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Painting ID:: 29844
Portrait of a Musician
mk67
Oil on panel
34 5/8x26 3/8in
Uffizi,Gallery
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Painting ID:: 29845
St.Anthony Abbot
mk67
Oil on canvas
30 11/16x26in
Uffizi,Gallery
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Painting ID:: 29846
The Fall of Adam and Eve
mk67
Oil on panel
16 15/16x12 3/16in
Uffizi,Gallery
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Painting ID:: 29847
Madonna and Child with the Young St.John
mk67
Oil on panel
35x29 1/8in
Uffizi,Gallery
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Painting ID:: 29848
The Supper at Emmaus
mk67
Oil on canvas
90 9/16x68 1/8in
Uffizi,Gallery
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Pontormo
Italian Mannerist Painter, 1494-ca.1556
Italian painter and draughtsman. He was the leading painter in mid-16th-century Florence and one of the most original and extraordinary of Mannerist artists. His eccentric personality, solitary and slow working habits and capricious attitude towards his patrons are described by Vasari; his own diary, which covers the years 1554-6, further reveals a character with neurotic and secretive aspects. Pontormo enjoyed the protection of the Medici family throughout his career but, unlike Agnolo Bronzino and Giorgio Vasari, did not become court painter. His subjective portrait style did not lend itself to the state portrait. He produced few mythological works and after 1540 devoted himself almost exclusively to religious subjects. His drawings, mainly figure studies in red and black chalk, are among the highest expressions of the great Florentine tradition of draughtsmanship; close to 400 survive, forming arguably the most important body of drawings by a Mannerist painter.
. Related Artists to Pontormo: | Pierre Patel | James Ensor | Charles Rennie Mackintosh | Michelangelo Buonarroti | Jean Daniel Ihly |
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