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Pontormo

/ ponˈtormo /

noun

  1. PontormoJacopo da14941556MItalianARTS AND CRAFTS: painter Jacopo da (ˈjaːkopo da). original name Jacopo Carrucci. 1494–1556, Italian mannerist painter
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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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.

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.

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.

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.

“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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