PONTORMO, Jacopo
(b. 1494, Pontormo, d. 1557, Firenze)
PONTORMO, Jacopo (b. 1494, Pontormo, d. 1557, Firenze) |
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Leonardo di Giovanni Buonafé and Another Carthusian Monk (verso)1525Red chalk, 284 x 202 mm British Museum, London | |
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The verso of Pontormo's powerful self-portrait represents two Carthusian monks, the one on the left is probably the prior of the charterhouse of Galuzzo, Leonardo di Giovanni Buonafé. The drawing is a study for the monks in the background of Pontormo's Supper at Emmaus, painted for the Carthusian monastery at Galuzzo. | |
