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Virgin and Child with Saint Elizabeth, the Infant Baptist, Saint Anthony of Padua, and a Female Martyr

1514–22
Not on view
Together with Rosso Fiorentino, Pontormo was a leading and revolutionary artist of Mannerism in Florence. This expressive, highly worked up drawing can be dated in the period between Pontormo's ‘Madonna of San Ruffilo’ fresco at the Santissima Annunziata (1514), and the ‘Adoration of the Magi’ panel in the Palazzo Pitti (1520-22), thus early in the master's career. Pontormo's drawings, mainly figure studies in red chalk or black chalk, are among the highest expressions in the tradition of Florentine design. His early drawing style, particularly his preference for red chalk, shows the influence of his master, Andrea del Sarto (1486-1530). The early fortune of this extraordinary drawing is recorded by a copy now in the Musée du Louvre, Paris (inv. 1991) made by the Late Renaissance painter and draftsman from Siena Francesco Vanni (1563-1610).

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Virgin and Child with Saint Elizabeth, the Infant Baptist, Saint Anthony of Padua, and a Female Martyr
  • Artist: Jacopo da Pontormo (Jacopo Carucci) (Italian, Pontormo 1494–1556 Florence)
  • Date: 1514–22
  • Medium: Red chalk, brush and red wash
  • Dimensions: 10 13/16 x 11in. (27.5 x 27.9cm)
  • Classification: Drawings
  • Credit Line: Frederick C. Hewitt Fund, 1917
  • Object Number: 19.76.11
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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Study of a Man's Head, Jacopo da Pontormo (Jacopo Carucci) Italian, Red chalk; stumping
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Jacopo da Pontormo (Jacopo Carucci)
1520–25
Two Studies of a Seated Male Nude, Jacopo da Pontormo (Jacopo Carucci) Italian, Black chalk
Two Studies of a Seated Male Nude
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Portrait of Two Friends, Jacopo da Pontormo (Jacopo Carucci) Italian, Oil on panel
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Jacopo da Pontormo (Jacopo Carucci)
1523–24
Portrait of a Halberdier (probably Francesco Guardi), Jacopo da Pontormo (Jacopo Carucci) Italian, Oil, possibly mixed with tempera, on canvas, transferred from panel
Returned to lender
Portrait of a Halberdier (probably Francesco Guardi)
Jacopo da Pontormo (Jacopo Carucci)
ca. 1528–30
Portrait of a Man with a Book, Jacopo da Pontormo (Jacopo Carucci) Italian, Oil on panel
Returned to lender
Portrait of a Man with a Book
Jacopo da Pontormo (Jacopo Carucci)
1540–41

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