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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:: 43002
Joseph Sold to Potiphar
mk170
circa 1515-1516
Oil on wood
61x51.3cm
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Painting ID:: 43003
Joseph-s Brothers Beg for Help
mk170
circa 1515-1516
OIl onwood
36.2x142.4cm
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Painting ID:: 43004
Pharaoh Pardons the Butler and Ordes the Execution of the Baker
mk170
circa 1516-1517
Oil on wood
61x51.9cm
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Painting ID:: 43005
Joseph with Jacob in Egypt
mk170
1517-1518
Oil on wood
96.5x109.5cm
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Painting ID:: 43006
Detail of Joseph with Jacob in Egypt
mk170
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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: | Jan van Scorel | Hone, Nathaniel | Peter Johannes Brandl | Edward Matthew Ward | Paul Bril |
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