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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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Michelangelo
mk276 1520 years Medici Chapel in Florence
Painting ID:: 62015
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Michelangelo
mk276 1520 years Medici Chapel in Florence
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Michelangelo
mk276 1520 years Medici Chapel in Florence
Painting ID:: 62016
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Michelangelo
mk276 1520 years Medici Chapel in Florence
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Castiglione portrait
mk276 1525 Oil on canvas 83 x 67cm Paris Louvre
Painting ID:: 62017
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Castiglione_portrait
mk276 1525 Oil on canvas 83 x 67cm Paris Louvre
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Son and out of Notre Dame St.
mk276 1505 Oil on canvas 185 x 171cm Florence Chapel of Our Lady
Painting ID:: 62023
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Son_and_out_of_Notre_Dame_St.
mk276 1505 Oil on canvas 185 x 171cm Florence Chapel of Our Lady
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Access map
mk276 1514 Mural 392 x 337cm years Annunciation Church in Florence
Painting ID:: 62024
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Access_map
mk276 1514 Mural 392 x 337cm years Annunciation Church in Florence
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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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