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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:: 29849
Martydom of St.Maurice and the Theban Legions
mk67
Oil on panel
25 9/16x28 3/4in
Pitti,Palatine Gallery
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Painting ID:: 29850
Portrait of Maria Salviati
mk67
Oil on panel
34 1/4x27 15/16in
Uffizi,Gallery
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Painting ID:: 29851
The Adoration of the Magi
mk67
Oil on panel
33 7/16x74 13/16in
Pitti,Palatine Gallery
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Painting ID:: 29852
The Birth of the Baptist
mk67
Oil on panel
21 1/4in
Uffizi,Gallery
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Painting ID:: 29853
Portrait of Cosimo il Vecchio
mk67
Oil on panel
34 1/4x25 9/16in
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: | Cesar De Cock | Jean Raoux | Benjamin West Clinedinst | Konstantin Alekseevich Korovin | Pietro Fragiacomo |
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