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Pontormo

Pontormo (1494–1556) was an Italian painter and draftsperson.

Also recorded as Jacopo da Pontormo; Giacomo Da Pontormo; Iacopo da Pontormo; Carrucci Pontormo; Jacopo Carucci Pontormo; Jacques Pontormo.

Overview

Born at Empoli in 1494, died at Florence in 1556.

In detail

training under Piero di Cosimo, Andrea del Sarto and Leonardo da Vinci is recorded. Bronzino and Giovanni Battista Naldini are recorded as having studied under Pontormo. the recorded working language is Italian.

The field of work recorded is painting. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are portrait. The authority associates the name with Mannerism.

Places of work recorded in the authority are Florence.

Works named in the authority record are Visitation of Carmignano, Vertumnus and Pomona, Pucci Altarpiece, The Deposition from the Cross, Tryptych of the crucifixion of Christ and Bachiacca.

Work by Pontormo is recorded in the collections of Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Städel Museum, Art Institute of Chicago, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art and J. Paul Getty Museum.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  • reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

    “Pontormo”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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  • reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q207929: Pontormo

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