Pontormo, Jacopo da (yä`kōpō dä pōntôr`mō), 1494–1556, Florentine painter, one of the creators of mannerism mannerism, a style in art and architecture (c.1520–1600), originating in Italy as a reaction against the equilibrium of form and proportions characteristic of the High Renaissance.
..... Click the link for more information. . His real name was Jacopo Carrucci. He studied with Andrea del Sarto Sarto, Andrea del (ändrĕ`ä dĕl sär`tō), 1486–1531, Florentine painter of the High Renaissance.
..... Click the link for more information. , Leonardo da Vinci Leonardo da Vinci (də vĭn`chē, Ital.
..... Click the link for more information. , Mariotto Albertinelli Albertinelli, Mariotto (märyôt`tō älbārtēnĕl`lē), 1474–1515, Italian painter.
..... Click the link for more information. , and Piero di Cosimo Piero di Cosimo (pyĕ`rō dē kô`zēmō), 1462–1521, Florentine painter, whose name was Piero di Lorenzo.
..... Click the link for more information. . While studying with Sarto, Pontormo met Il Rosso Rosso, Il (ēl rôs`sō), 1495–1540, Italian painter, one of the founders of mannerism , b. Florence.
..... Click the link for more information. , who became his main rival. Among his earliest religious works were the altarpieces for the churches of Santa Maria Novella and Santa Annunziata, Florence. His altar for the church of San Michele Visdomini, Florence, is considered by many to be the first mannerist work in recorded history. Pontormo was also a talented portraitist; he made full use of his abilities in his Passion Cycle (1522–25) for the Florentine Certosa family, in which he gave animation and presence to several mythological scenes. His Lady with a Lap Dog is one of the first mannerist portraits. It is said that Pontormo was influenced by Michelangelo Michelangelo Buonarroti (mīkəlăn`jəlō, Ital.
..... Click the link for more information. and Dürer Dürer, Albrecht (äl`brĕkht dür`ər)
..... Click the link for more information. as his work matured. For much of his life, Pontormo was a recluse. He painted several frescoes from 1546 to 1556, but these have since been lost. He is remembered mainly for his drawings from this period. Examples of his art are in the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; the Fogg Museum, Cambridge; and the Yale Univ. Art Gallery. Pontormo also kept a diary in which he chronicled his neurotic obsessions.

Bibliography

See J. Cox-Rearick, The Drawings of Pontormo (2 vol., 1981).

Pontormo, Jacopo da

orig. Jacopo Carrucci

(born May 24, 1494, Pontormo, Republic of Florence—buried Jan. 2, 1557, Florence) Florentine painter. The son of a painter, he was apprenticed to Leonardo da Vinci and later to Piero di Cosimo and Andrea del Sarto (who exerted the greatest influence on him). The agitated, almost neurotic emotionalism of his work reflects a departure from the balance and tranquillity of the High Renaissance. His expressive style is sometimes considered an early manifestation of Mannerism. Primarily a religious painter, he also did sensitive portraits and was employed by the Medici family to decorate their villa at Poggio a Caiano with mythological subjects.