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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:: 62041
Asian strength mountain Germany Rhode Mei Diqi
mk276 1534 Oil on canvas 97 x 79cm personal collection
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Painting ID:: 62042
Jacob s grief
mk276 1545 Fuluolun Sawu Fiji art museum
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Painting ID:: 62043
Joseph
mk276 1545 Fuluolun Sawu Fiji art museum
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Painting ID:: 62044
Eve were driven out of
mk276 1555 Fuluolun Sawu Fiji art museum
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Painting ID:: 62045
Fratricidal
Fuluolun Sawu Fiji art 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: | Antoine Vestier | Poussin | Georges Rouget | David Gilmour Blythe | BEGA, Cornelis |
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