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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Pontormo Saint Seth D oil


Saint Seth D
Painting ID::  62071
Saint Seth D
mk276 1515 Oil on panel 65 x 48 cm Dijon Museum of Art
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Pontormo Christian burial oil


Christian burial
Painting ID::  62072
Christian burial
mk276 1526 years of glass painting in Florence, 136 x 52cm
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Pontormo San Quentin oil


San Quentin
Painting ID::  62073
San Quentin
mk276 1526 years of glass painting 163 x 103cm
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Pontormo Portrait lady oil


Portrait lady
Painting ID::  62076
Portrait lady
mk276 1545 Oil on canvas 89 x 70cm Frankfurt Museum of Art
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Pontormo Madonna with Child and Saints oil


Madonna with Child and Saints
Painting ID::  94728
Madonna with Child and Saints
1518 Type Oil on paper Dimensions 214 cm x 195 cm (84 in x 77 in) cyf
   
   
     

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     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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