Pontormo

/ ponˈtormo /

noun

1. Jacopo da (ˈjaːkopo da). original name Jacopo Carrucci. 1494–1556, Italian mannerist painter

Example Sentences

My Renaissance portrait of Alessandro de’ Medici from the atelier of the 16th-century Italian Mannerist master Jacopo Pontormo, who is one of my favorite painters.

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The politics of the day were as ugly as can be, but the people depicted, by Raphael, Pontormo, Bronzino and Salviati, have the poise, élan and self-glorifying joie de vivre of today’s Instagram stars.

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The show includes some 90 works, by Raphael, Jacopo Pontormo, Benvenuto Cellini, Agnolo Bronzino and Francesco Salviati, tracing changes in portraiture parallel to a profound political transformation — from Florence as a republic dominated by Medici power brokers to Florence as a hereditary duchy, ruled by Medici autocrats.

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Jacopo da Pontormo’s somber portrait of the first Duke of Florence, Alessandro de’ Medici, from 1534-35, shows him in mourning dress for Clement VII, who in turn is seen nearby in a portrait by Sebastiano del Piombo, looking intently to the side, as if listening.

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“The Medici: Portraits and Politics” also looks at artists who are not necessarily household names now, but were in your households: Agnolo Bronzino, who painted young Capponi; Jacopo Pontormo; and Francesco Salviati; along with the sculptor Benvenuto Cellini.

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