Jacopo da Pontormo (Jacopo Carrucci; Italian, 1494-1557)

Jacopo da Pontormo created 'Visitation of the Virgin and St. Elizabeth' between 1514 and 1516.¹

The 'Joseph in Egypt' series was commissioned to commemorate the 1515 marriage of Pier Francesco Borgherini and Margherita Accaiuoli.¹

'Madonna with Child and Saints', created in 1518, was painted for the Pucci family.¹

When the plague broke out in Florence in 1522, Pontormo retreated to the Certosa di Galluzzo, a Carthusian monastery where monks followed vows of silence.²

'The Deposition from the Cross', created in 1528, is considered Pontormo's masterpiece, fully realizing his Mannerist style.¹