Saint John the Evangelist and Michael the Archangel form a pair of 1518 oil on panel paintings by Pontormo. [1] Each work was originally rectangular in format - the round opening was added in 1737 to accommodate a shrine with a crucifix. [2] They hang in the church of San Michele Arcangelo in Pontormo in the artist's birthplace of Pontorme and may have originally been produced for its cappella del Crocifisso.
The Annunciation is a wall painting by the Italian mannerist artist Jacopo Pontormo, executed in 1527–1528 as part of his commission to decorate the Capponi Chapel in the church of Santa Felicita, Florence.
Nativity of Saint John the Baptist is a 1526 oil on panel desco da parto painting by Pontormo, now in the Uffizi, where it has been since at least 1704. There is a copy in the Fogg Art Museum. Its status as an autograph work is accepted by most art critics, but was disputed by Philippe Costamagna.
Madonna and Child with Cherubs or The Virgin and the Child with Angels is an oil painting by Rosso Fiorentino, produced sometime between 1512 and 1517. Originally on panel, it was later transferred to canvas. It was acquired in 1810 in Paris with help from the baron Dominique Vivant Denon for the Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg, where it now hangs.
Saint John the Baptist as a Boy is an oil on panel painting by Andrea del Sarto, executed c. 1525, now in the Palatine Gallery of the Palazzo Pitti in Florence.
Portrait of a Halberdier, The Halberdier or Man with a Halberd is a 1529-1530 or 1537 oil painting by Pontormo, originally painted on panel and later transferred to canvas. It is now in the Getty Museum in Los Angeles. A preparatory drawing now in Florence's Gabinetto dei Disegni e delle Stampe shows the figure in a more frontal and less contraposto pose.
Expulsion from Paradise or the Expulsion of Adam and Eve is an oil on panel painting by Pontormo, now in the Uffizi in Florence, whose Gabinetto Disegni e Stampe also has a preparatory drawing for it. Its dating is also uncertain and varies between c.1519 and c.1543, but is held to be c.1535 by the Uffizi.
Woman with a Basket of Spindles is an oil on panel painting, executed c. 1514-1515, now in the Uffizi in Florence. It is attributed to Pontormo or Andrea del Sarto. The work arrived in the Palazzo Pitti's gallery in 1773, as recorded in a note on the reverse, and in 1784 is was hanging in the Sala dell'Ermafrodito. It was last restored in 1996.
Joseph in Egypt is an oil painting on panel of c. 1518 by Pontormo, now in the National Gallery in London, which bought it in 1882. Like the same artist's Joseph's Brothers Beg for Help, Joseph Sold to Potiphar and Pharaoh with his Butler and Baker, it was originally part of the Marriage Chamber in the Palazzo Borgherini in Florence.
Joseph Sold to Potiphar is a oil on panel painting by Pontormo, executed c. 1515, now in the National Gallery in London. Like The Baker Tortured, Joseph in Egypt and Joseph's Brothers Ask Him For Help, it was originally painted for the Marriage Chamber of the Palazzo Borgherini.
Pharaoh with his Butler and Baker is a oil on panel painting by Pontormo, executed c. 1515, now in the National Gallery, London. Like Joseph Sold to Potiphar, Joseph in Egypt and Joseph's Brothers Beg for Help, it was originally painted for the Marriage Chamber at the Palazzo Borgherini in Florence.
The Ten Thousand Martyrs is a oil on panel painting by Pontormo, executed c. 1529-1530, produced for the monks of Florence's Spedale degli Innocenti and now in the city's Galleria Palatina. It shows the martyrdom of the eponymous martyrs alongside Saint Maurice. A copy of the left hand side of the work in the Uffizi is attributed to a young Bronzino.
Scene from Hospital Life is a monochrome fresco fragment by Pontormo, executed c. 1514, originally in Florence's Ospedale di San Matteo, from which it was removed in the 18th century when that building was converted into a museum. It is now in the city's Galleria dell'Accademia.
Madonna and Child with the Infant Saint John the Baptist is an oil on panel painting by Pontormo, now in the Uffizi, whose Gabinetto dei Disegni e delle Stampe also houses a preparatory drawing for the work. The two theories on its dating are 1534-1536 and Antonio Natali's theory of 1529–1530.
Madonna of the Book is a c.1540-1545 oil on panel painting by Pontormo, heavily influenced by Michelangelo and now in a private collection. It may be the work described in Lives of the Artists as a "canvas of Our Lady" found among drawings, cartoons and terracotta models in the painter's home after his death and which was then given to Piero Salviati by the painter's heirs.
The Boldrone Shrine is located at the corner of the Via di Boldrone and the Via dell'Osservatorio in the Quarto district of Florence. It was named after the monastery of San Giovanni Evangelista di Boldrone, which was itself named after the French "Boldrone" hermitage founded on that site in the 13th century.
The San Ruffillo Madonna is a fresco fragment by Pontormo, executed c. 1514, originally in the San Ruffillo church in Florence.
Saint Anthony Abbot is an oil on panel painting by Pontormo, now in the Uffizi in Florence.
Portrait of Maria Salviati is a oil on panel painting attributed to Pontormo, executed c. 1543-1544, in the Uffizi, Florence.
Portrait of Monsignor Della Casa is a c. 1541-1544 oil on panel by Pontormo, now in the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.. Previously identified as Niccolò Ardinghelli, it is now thought to show Giovanni della Casa, author of Galateo.
Portrait of a Musician is an oil painting on panel by Pontormo in the Uffizi. It is dated on stylistic grounds to c. 1518–1519; the art historian Luciano Berti places it in Pontormo's youthful phase alongside his Pucci Altarpiece, Saint John the Evangelist and Michael the Archangel.
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