Tuscan town

Joseph in Egypt Place of birth: Pontormo, Italy Named Jacopo Carucci but called Pontormo after his native Tuscan town, he was the son of a painter and exposed early on to High Renaissance art. He later developed a Mannerist and ornamental style. In addition, Pontormo was inspired by northern European artists such as Albrecht Durer. In the last decade of his life, he became a recluse ...

March 20, 2005 — A unique bas-relief, which might be the first known self-portrait of Michelangelo, has emerged from a private collection, art historians announced in Florence this week. The sculpture, a white marble round work attached to a flat piece of marble, with a diameter of 14 inches depicting a bearded man, was lent by a noble Tuscan family to the Museo Ideale in the Tuscan ...