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Pontormo

1494–1557 · Renaissance (15–16th c.) · Italy · Mannerism

Portrait of a Halberdier, Francesco Guardi? — Pontormo
Portrait of a Halberdier, Francesco Guardi?

How to recognize Pontormo

Pontormo unsettles: acidic pinks and greens, weightless elongated figures, and compressed, ambiguous space. Faces are anxious and inward, the harmony deliberately strained.

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