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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:: 62066
The three goddesses
mk276 1549 years of red chalk 29.5 x 21.2cm Florence Project Gallery
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Painting ID:: 62067
John envoy
mk276 1514 Oil on canvas 69 x 40 cm Vecchio Palace in Florence, possession of
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Painting ID:: 62068
St. Matthew s
mk276 1514 Oil on canvas 69 x 40 cm Vecchio Palace in Florence, possession of
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Painting ID:: 62069
St. Jerome
mk276 1527 Oil on canvas 105 x 80 cm Hanover City Gallery
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Painting ID:: 62070
Access map
mk276 1503 Oil on panel 232 x 146cm Florence Museum of Art
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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: | Paul Emile Chabas | Maria Sibylla Merian | Regis-Francois Gignoux | Samuel Prout | Master of the Saint Ursula Legend |
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