It’s hard to imagine a more promising start for Jacopo da Pontormo (1494–1556): Vasari said that the Florentine Mannerist had Leonardo, Piero di Cosimo and Andrea del Sarto for teachers. The latter was the most important influence, but Pontormo went on to develop an expressive and sensitive style of his own. This exhibition at the Scuderie del Quirinale in Rome is the first major survey to chart his career (9 October–7 February 2027). At its heart is the dramatically vertical Visitation (c. 1528–30), in which the Virgin and Saint Elizabeth, both pregnant, hold each other while their handmaidens stare out discomfortingly at the viewer. Also on display are drawings that offer deeper insight into Pontormo’s more unusual compositions.
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