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Portrait of Cosimo the Elder

1519–20

Pontormo

Material / technique
Oil on panel
Attribution / role
See the museum attribution
Collection / source
Uffizi Galleries

Artwork notes

A posthumous portrait made for Medici memory and prestige.

Materials, marks and colour

Artist-wide context; individual works may differ.

Media and surface

Paintings and drawings let him plan figures before arranging them into larger scenes.

Marks and structure

Bodies can twist, overlap or seem suspended instead of resting securely on the ground.

Palette and light

Unexpected pinks, greens and cool highlights can heighten unease rather than describe ordinary light.

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