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Christ the Judge with the Creation of Eve Painting ID:: 43592
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Pontormo, Jacopo Christ the Judge with the Creation of Eve 1546-56
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Adam and Eve at Work Painting ID:: 43593
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Pontormo, Jacopo Adam and Eve at Work 1546-56
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Moses Receiving the Tables Painting ID:: 43594
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Pontormo, Jacopo Moses Receiving the Tables 1546-56
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Vertumnus and Pomona Painting ID:: 43595
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Pontormo, Jacopo Vertumnus and Pomona 461 x 990 cm
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Portrait of a Lady in Red Painting ID:: 43933
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Pontormo, Jacopo Portrait of a Lady in Red 1532
Oil on wood,
89,7 x 70,5 cm
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Pontormo, Jacopo
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b Pontormo, nr Empoli, 26 May 1494; d Florence, 31 Dec 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. His highly personal style was much influenced by Michelangelo |
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