Pontormo valuation
Florentine painter of strange, weightless figures and acid colour, a founder of Mannerism.
Jacopo Carucci, known as Pontormo (1494–1557), was named after his birthplace near Empoli and worked with Andrea del Sarto in Florence.
What a work by Pontormo is worth
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Bio
Jacopo Carucci, known as Pontormo (1494–1557), was named after his birthplace near Empoli and worked with Andrea del Sarto in Florence. His Deposition in the Capponi Chapel of Santa Felicita in Florence, painted from 1525 to 1528, sets weightless figures in pale, acid colours with no firm ground beneath them, and is one of the defining works of Mannerism. He painted for the Medici at their villa of Poggio a Caiano and made portraits in a tense, watchful manner. His late diary records his routines in detail. His frescoes in San Lorenzo, which occupied his last years, were later destroyed.
Paintings by him are rare and almost all in museums. His drawings are prized, and the largest group is in the Uffizi. What appears on the market is more often by his circle or by followers, and a valuation depends on attribution, the state of the panel and the record of ownership. Drawings should be checked for later reinforcement, trimming and staining, and collectors' marks on the sheet can help to trace their history.
At a glance
- Born
- 24 May 1494
- Died
- 2 January 1557, Florence
- Movement
- Mannerism
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