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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:: 45428
The Mabl in Emmaus
mk186
around 1525 Florence, Uffizien
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Painting ID:: 53744
Monsignor della Casa
mk234
ca 1541/44
102x79cm
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Painting ID:: 53746
Gravlaggningen
mk234
ca 1525/28
312x190cm
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Painting ID:: 56707
joseph with jacob in egypt
mk247
1518,oil on wood ,38x43.125 in,96.5x109.5 cm,national gallery,london,uk
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Painting ID:: 62014
Old Cosimo
mk276 1519 Oil on canvas 86 x 65cm Florence Museum
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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: | shah-u-gada | Adolf Steel | Charles Schreyvogel | Marianne Stokes | Pierre Laprade |
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