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| Jacopo Pontormo Youth turning his head ca. 1528-30 drawing Uffizi, Florence |
Jacopo Carucci (1494-1557) – often called il Pontormo or Jacopo Pontormo – enjoyed an exceptional circle of mentors and friends, including Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, and Rosso Fiorentino. Subject to such influences, Pontormo yet sustained a distinct personal style based on his own version of elegant elongation. Many of his preparatory drawings from live models survive at the Uffizi in Florence in the Gabinetto Disegni e Stampe.
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| Jacopo Pontormo Head of youth with hat ca. 1520-21 drawing Uffizi, Florence |
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| Jacopo Pontormo Figure study from the back 1525 drawing Uffizi, Florence |
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| Jacopo Pontormo Profile study of Cosimo de'Medici 1537 drawing Uffizi, Florence |
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| Jacopo Pontormo Two Nudes ca. 1531-37 drawing Uffizi, Florence |
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| Jacopo Pontormo Studies of a youth pouring from a jug ca. 1523-24 drawing Uffizi, Florence |
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| Jacopo Pontormo Study for Nailing to the Cross ca. 1523-24 drawing Uffizi, Florence |
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| Jacopo Pontormo Study for portrait of a woman ca. 1543 drawing Uffizi, Florence |
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| Jacopo Pontormo Profile study of Alessandro de'Medici ca. 1534 drawing Uffizi, Florence |
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| Jacopo Pontormo Youth with recorder ca. 1541-43 drawing Uffizi, Florence |
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| Jacopo Pontormo Studies of figure with sword ca. 1529-30 drawing Uffizi, Florence |
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| Jacopo Pontormo Portrait study of a youth ca. 1525 drawing Uffizi, Florence |
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| Jacopo Pontormo Youth with turban ca. 1524 drawing Uffizi, Florence |
Agnolo Bronzino (1503-1572) – pupil of Pontormo – drew the master's portrait, below. "By about 1530," according to curators at the Getty Museum, "Bronzino had moved away from Pontormo's nervous sensibility and developed an art and career independent of his master. ... For Bronzino, a portrait was a mask. Rather than revealing the sitter's character, the Florentine aimed to convey his subject's social standing, elegance, and restraint."
As for Pontormo himself – "During his last ten years, he became increasingly reclusive and disturbed, shunning even Agnolo Bronzino, who had been like an adopted son to him."
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| Agnolo Bronzino Portrait of Jacopo Carucci, called il Pontormo ca. 1532-33 drawing Uffizi, Florence |