biography
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Pontormo, Jacopo da
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originally Jacopo Carrucci
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pronunciation:
[pontaw(r)moh]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1494–1557)
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| biography:
| Painter, born in Pontormo, NC Italy. A pupil of Andrea del Sarto and other masters, his works include several frescoes, notably of the Passion (1522–5) in the Certosa near Florence. His masterpiece is ‘The Deposition’ (c.1525), a chapel altarpiece in Santa Felicità, Florence. |
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