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Pontormo, Jacopo

Pontormo, Jacopo Martyrdom of St Maurice and the Theban Legion oil painting on canvas
Martyrdom of St Maurice and the Theban Legion
Painting ID::  32481
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Pontormo, Jacopo Martyrdom of St Maurice and the Theban Legion oil painting on canvas



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  Pontormo, Jacopo
  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
  Martyrdom of St Maurice and the Theban Legion
  c. 1531 Oil on wood, 65 x 73 cm

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