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PONTORMO, Jacopo (b. 1494, Pontormo, d. 1557, Firenze) |
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Studies of Maria Salviatic. 1543Red chalk, 265 x 188 mm Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence | |
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In this drawing for the Portrait of Maria Salviati, the mother of Cosimo I de' Medici, Pontormo shows Salviati with an aged face, suggesting that it was made toward the end of her life. In the painting, the sagging flesh around the eyes and mouth has been smoothed. | |
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