... apparently peaceful scene reveals a strong undercurrent of obsession. Once, he borrowed ideas from Albrecht Dürer, whose engravings and woodcuts were circulating in Italy. The emotional tension apparent in his work reaches its peak in Pontormo's masterpiece, the altarpiece of the Entombment in Florence. It was painted in extraordinarily vivid colours and featuring deeply moving figures that seem lost in a trance of grief. This is one of the key works of Mannerism. His Later Life: Pontormo became more of a loner in his later life. In those years, the influence of Michelangelo is evident. The diary tells us much of his miserable and introspective character, derailed by the slightest illness. Numerous drawings survive, and paintings are to be found in various galleries in Europe and America, as well as in Florence A Work of Jacopo Pontormo: Work: Deposition Deposition 1528 Oil on wood, 313 x 192 cm Cappella Capponi, Santa Felicità, Florence The Deposition ...

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