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

Two nudes

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Black chalk on paper, 410 x 259 mm
Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence

The bodies in Pontormo's later work are extended and distorted for maximum expression but they still have a sense of flexible solidity derived from life studies and close anatomical observation.