PONTORMO, Jacopo
(b. 1494, Pontormo, d. 1557, Firenze)

Annunciation (detail)

1527-28
Fresco
Cappella Capponi, Santa Felicità, Florence

The detail shows Gabriel. The Angel hovering in arrested flight looks up and to his left, as if seeking instructions. The light which flickers on the youthful figure seems to land idiosyncratically, highlighting the cheek, for example. Not since Piero della Francesca has light been treated as subject of this extent.