Jacopo Pontormo 015 - The Yorck Project Masterpieces of Painting
Summary
The penitent Saint Jerome.*oil on panel.*105 × 80 cm.*1527-1528
Jacopo Pontormo (1494–1557) was an Italian painter, representative of the Florentine school, one of the founders of Mannerism. At the age of ten, left without a father, Pontormo went to Florence, where he spent his whole life. He studied with Piero di Cosimo and Andrea del Sarto. The early works are influenced by Leonardo da Vinci and the Variety. Later, his acquaintance with Durer's engravings had a great influence on his work.
Tags
art
paintings
16th century paintings of saint jerome
mannerist religious paintings
paintings by jacopo pontormo
paintings in the niedersachsisches landesmuseum
paintings of saint jerome in germany
renaissance art
Date
1500 - 1600
in collections
Source
The Yorck Project (2002) 10.000 Meisterwerke der Malerei (DVD-ROM), distributed by DIRECTMEDIA Publishing GmbH. ISBN: 3936122202.
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Copyright info
public domain