Artists

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  Visitation $AU 274.87 ~ 2,678.69
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  Madonna and Child with Two Saints $AU 283.07 ~ 1,158.44
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  Madonna and Child with St. Joseph and Saint John the Baptist $AU 281.95 ~ 1,148.53
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  Joseph in Egypt $AU 289.39 ~ 1,214.54
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  Punishment of the Baker $AU 286.88 ~ 1,192.42
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  Leda and the Swan $AU 268.87 ~ 1,032.84

Pontormo (1494 Pontormo, near Empoli -1557 Florence), whose given name was Jacopo Currucci, moved to Florence in 1508 after the early death of his parents and remained there for the rest of his life, with the exception of short journeys into the nearby countryside. After initial artistic contact with Leonardo da Vinci and Piero di Cosimo, Pontormo was probably first apprenticed to Fra Bartolommeo, and in 1512-1513 to Andrea del Sarto. He studied the works of Albrecht Durer and modeled himself on Michelangelo. As early as 1520 he developed a new expressive style that transcended the neoclasicism of the High Renaissance. Along with Rosso Florentino, Pontormo is the main exponent of the early dramatic and expressive phase of Mannerism. Among the artist's works are; The Adoration of the Magi, 1519/1520. Galleria Palatina, Palazzo Pitti, Florence; and Virgin and Child with St. Anne and Saints 1529, Musee du Louvre, Paris.