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Other developments in the 16th
century:
Mannerism
Jacopo da Pontormo:
Entombment of Christ
(Descent from the
Cross)
1526-8
oil on wood, 10'3 x 6'4
Bronzino:
Exposure of
Luxury [Allegory
with Venus, Cupid
and Time]
c.1546, oil on
panel, 5'1 x 4'8
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Venus, Cupid, and
Jealousy (or Envy),
1550
oil/panel, 6'4 x 5'4
Bronzino's Court Portraits for the Medici
family
Portrait of Eleanora
of Toledo with her
Son Giovanni
Portrait of a
Young Man with
Lute
1545
oil on panel, 115 x 96
cm
c. 1532-4
oil on panel, 96.5
x 81 cm.
Giovanni da Bologna: Abduction
of the Sabine Women, ca 1580,
two versions, one in bronze
(dimensions not given) and one
in marble, 13'5
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Giulio Romano: Palazzo del Te,
Sala dei Giganti: detail from
fresco of the "Battle between
Gods and Giants"
1532-4
observations about mannerism:
Women artists in 16th cent. Italy
subject matter versus the
manner of telling
rejection of classical and revival
of Byzantine
emph. on delight and pleasure
for the patron rather than
naturalism
Properzia Rossi
Sofonisba Anguissola
Joseph and
Potiphar's Wife
four self-portraits, from 1554-1561
1520
marble
1'9 x 1'11h.
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Game of Chess with Portraits of the Painter's Three
Sisters and a Servant, 1555, oil on canvas, 72 x 97 cm
Bernardino
Campi painting
Sofonisba
Anguissola
Lavinia Fontana
Portrait of a
Noblewoman
c.1584
ca. 1560
oil on canvas
height: 44in.
oil on canvas
133 x 88 cm
Portrait of
Costanza Alidosi,
with Courtyard in
Background
c.1586
oil on canvas
155 x 117.5 cm
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