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 Martydom of St.Maurice and the Theban Legions oil painting


Martydom of St.Maurice and the Theban Legions
mk67 Oil on panel 25 9/16x28 3/4in Pitti,Palatine Gallery
Painting ID::  29849
Pontormo
Martydom of St.Maurice and the Theban Legions
mk67 Oil on panel 25 9/16x28 3/4in Pitti,Palatine Gallery
   
   
     

Pontormo Portrait of Maria Salviati oil painting


Portrait of Maria Salviati
mk67 Oil on panel 34 1/4x27 15/16in Uffizi,Gallery
Painting ID::  29850
Pontormo
Portrait of Maria Salviati
mk67 Oil on panel 34 1/4x27 15/16in Uffizi,Gallery
   
   
     

Pontormo The Adoration of the Magi oil painting


The Adoration of the Magi
mk67 Oil on panel 33 7/16x74 13/16in Pitti,Palatine Gallery
Painting ID::  29851
Pontormo
The Adoration of the Magi
mk67 Oil on panel 33 7/16x74 13/16in Pitti,Palatine Gallery
   
   
     

Pontormo The Birth of the Baptist oil painting


The Birth of the Baptist
mk67 Oil on panel 21 1/4in Uffizi,Gallery
Painting ID::  29852
Pontormo
The Birth of the Baptist
mk67 Oil on panel 21 1/4in Uffizi,Gallery
   
   
     

Pontormo Portrait of Cosimo il Vecchio oil painting


Portrait of Cosimo il Vecchio
mk67 Oil on panel 34 1/4x25 9/16in Uffizi,Gallery
Painting ID::  29853
Pontormo
Portrait of Cosimo il Vecchio
mk67 Oil on panel 34 1/4x25 9/16in Uffizi,Gallery
   
   
     

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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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